The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) delayed the launch of its Metop satellite to Oct. 17.
The announcement came three days after a mechanical incident at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch base in Kazakhstan postponed the launch of Europe’s first polar-orbiting satellite for a fourth time dating back to July.
The Paris-based space agency said the satellite will be launched aboard a Soyuz rocket at 12:28 p.m. EDT (16:28 UTC).
