Satnews Daily
November 23rd, 2009

W7 Launch On Hold...


W7 satellite (Eutelsat, Thales, ILS) The launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the W7 satellite was postponed today for 24 hours. Reportedly, there are no technical issues concerning the Proton rocket or the satellite. Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and International Launch Services (ILS) plan to make another attempt at 8:19 p.m. tomorrow, local time, in Baikonur (14:19 GMT, 3:19 p.m. in Paris, 9:19 a.m., EST). The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space for Eutelsat of France.