20.10 US Asks Russia to Delay Satellite Launch - Official
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) The US asked to delay todays launch of a Russian Proton rocket carrying an American commercial satellite after problems with one of its communications centers, a space agency official said Sunday.
The launch has been delayed until Monday because a US communications station in South Africa isnt working properly, said Sergei Gorbunov, a spokesman for Roscosmos, Russias federal space agency.
The Proton-M rocket was scheduled to blast off tonight at 10.13 p.m. Moscow time from Russias Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Its set to carry a Sirius FM-6 satellite into space, bolstering the US broadcasting giants satellite fleet already transmitting radio across North America.
