Moscow: The launch of a US telecommunications satellite from Kazakhstan was put off
overnight for technical reasons, Russia's Roskosmos space agency said Monday as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency.
"The date of the new launch is unknown -- either it will be postponed by an indefinite time or by 24 hours," the official said.
The Intelsat-15 satellite, produced by US-based Orbital Sciences Corporation, is due to provide communications service for customers in the Middle East and Russia. It was
due to be launched by a Zenit rocket.
The reasons for putting off the launch were not specified.
PTI
First Published: Monday, November 30, 2009, 09:48