Problem In Russian Rocket Forces Delay In Orbiting Craft Russians decided to delay until next year a launch of the European GOCE Earth explorer satellite on a Rockot launch vehicle, pending a probe into a failed system, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Russians are examining a failure in the guidance and navigation system of the launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM). The anomaly was discovered during the spacecraft's launch preparation tests last month at Plesetsk, which subsequently led to postponing…
Russians Delay Launch Of European Earth Surveying Satellite Until Sometime In 2009: ESA
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