First made-in-Alberta satellite gets grounded — again

The fate of a University of Alberta satellite is up in the air, but not in the way students involved in the project would like. The launch of the AlbertaSat team's Ex-Alta 1 satellite had originally been scheduled for March 16, then March 19, and then March 24. Now it's been delayed indefinitely. "Right now the satellite is sitting inside of a capsule on top of the Atlas V rocket in Florida at Cape Canaveral, waiting to launch to the International Space Station," said project manager Charles Nokes. More

(Source: CBC.ca - Mar 25)