Military satellite launch in French Guiana delayed

The launch of a French military satellite from French Guiana has been delayed. Arianespace says it stopped the countdown in the final minutes before launch of the Helios 2B. Officials said Thursday that they would soon provide more details. The original launch was delayed on Dec. 9 after officials said they noticed an anomaly in the launcher subsystem. The Helios 2B was built by EADS Astrium for France's National Space Study Center. More

(Source: The Associated Press - Dec 18)