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Showing posts with label July 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July 5. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Delayed the start of MSG-3 to July 5, 2012


Arianespace announce the start of MSG-3 satellite from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, originally programmed for June 19 has been delayed until July 5 at night. This delay was caused by additional checks perform on the EchoStar 17 telecommunications satellite to be launched along with MSG-3 aboard an Ariane5 ECA.MSG-3 has successfully passed all pre-launch tests and is ready to begin the process of loading fuel in their tanks.