Satellite launch postponed for one day
Published: 16 March, 2009, 20:46
Just seven seconds before lift-off of the Russian Rokot booster with a European satellite aboard, the cyclic graph was interrupted and the launch postponed for one day.
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Published: 16 March, 2009, 20:46
Just seven seconds before lift-off of the Russian Rokot booster with a European satellite aboard, the cyclic graph was interrupted and the launch postponed for one day.