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Rocket Problems Delay MetOp-A Launch
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 18, 2006 The launch of Europe's MetOp-A satellite, designed to improve monitoring of weather systems and climate, was postponed Monday due to problems with the Soyuz ST rocket, Russian space officials said. The exact cause of the delay was not announced. The launch, which was set to go at 8:28 p.m. Moscow Time, has been rescheduled for the same time on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. MetOp-A is 17.6-meters (58 feet) long, including solar panels, and it weighs more than 4 tons. Considered the most complex satellite of its kind, it carries a dozen instruments to measure global weather patterns. MetOp-A and two sister satellites, scheduled to be launched in the next few years, are designed to provide the highest quality data yet available for weather forecasting and climate monitoring. The project, a cooperative effort of ESA, EUMETSAT and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, carries an estimated cost of 2.4 billion euros ($3 billion). Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Eumetsat Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com
Launch Failure Will Not Dent Indian Space Program Say Officials
Bangalore (SPX) Jul 12, 2006Indian scientists were Tuesday probing the failure of a rocket meant to launch a communications satellite, but said it was not a major blow to the country's three-decade-old space programme. The deep-space rocket carrying India's heaviest communications satellite disintegrated in a plume of smoke and flames seconds after lift-off Monday. |
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