Canadian satellite launch delayed two years over Russian embargo

The launch of a Canadian surveillance satellite has fallen two years behind schedule because the federal government won’t allow it to be put into orbit by a Russian rocket. By the time the Canadian defence satellite is in place next year, its technology could be out of date, warns a space analyst. The Conservative government scuttled the June 2014 launch of the spacecraft known as M3MSat because of Russia’s support of separatists in Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimea. The satellite, designed to track ships, is now scheduled to be put into orbit in 2016 on board an Indian rocket. More

(Source: Ottawa Citizen - Jun 15)