French military satellite launch rescheduled

The French Guiana-based Arianespace center has finally decided to reschedule the launch time of a military satellite to early next week, Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and chief executive officer of the space agency announced late Wednesday. The lift-off of the Arianne 5 carrier rocket with French military observation satellite Helios 2B atop was originally scheduled at around 17:26 Paris time (1626 GMT). However, several hours before the launch window, Arianespace, announced that a "pressure problem about the helium container" was found. More

(Source: Xinhua - Dec 10)