Paris, Aug 12: The scheduled August 28 launch of an Indian telecommunications satellite, Insat-3E, by Europe's Ariane rocket has been postponed until September 3 to carry out "additional verifications" on the payload, Arianespace said here. The Ariane 5 rocket will also carry a Eutelsat telecommunications satellite, e-bird, and a lunar probe, smart-1, for the European Space Agency (ESA). Arianespace markets ESA's Ariane rocket, which is launched from a base in Kourou, French Guiana.

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