W7 Launch On Hold...
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.
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