Communications Group’s Satellite Launch Delayed
Associated Press
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. —
The launch of a satellite for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization has been delayed two weeks until March 21, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday.
The delay is needed so that the launch team can replace and retest liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel inlet valves on the engines of the Centaur upper stage of the Atlas-Centaur booster rocket, NASA said.
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