Eumetsat delays launch of MetOp after handling mishap
LAUNCH DELAY: The launch of MetOp, Europe's first polar-orbiting weather satellite, has been put off once again by a handling incident. Eumetsat officials say a crane loading the satellite/Fregat upper stage composite onto a flatbed car dropped the load "a few centimeters." A review was set to...
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