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RE: Meteor-M spacecraft

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Launch!

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Tower retracted

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Launch still on schedule

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The launch of a new meteorological satellite on board the Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket has been postponed indefinitely due to technical glitches, a source involved in preparations for the launch said on Wednesday.
The Federal Space Agency Roscosmos earlier said the launch of the Meteor-M satellite and five mini-satellites has been postponed for another 24 hours after the first launch attempt was postponed on Tuesday due to poor weather conditions at the Baikonur space centre.
The second launch attempt was scheduled for 19:55 Moscow time (15:55 GMT) on Wednesday, but was cancelled for technical reasons.

Source Novosti

Posponen por segunda vez el lanzamiento del Soyuz
Rusia aplazó hoy por segundo día consecutivo el lanzamiento al espacio de un cohete portador Soyuz que debe poner en órbita seis satélites, entre ellos el primero sudafricano. "El lanzamiento ha sido aplazado por motivos puramente técnicos", afirmó Alexandr Vorobiov, portavoz de la agencia espacial rusa Roscosmos, citado por la agencia oficial Itar-Tass.

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The launch of the Meteor-M weather satellite and five smaller satellites aboard a Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket has been postponed for 24 hours for technical reasons.

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The satellites "Meteor-m", "Siberian Crane", "UGATU-sat," University-Tatiana-2 "and" blitz " are planned for orbital separation at 21.45 MST. The South African spacecraft SumbandilaSat will separate later at 22.36 MST.

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