Became known the reason for the postponement of the launch of WorldView-4

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Стала извесна причина переноса запуска спутника WorldView-4Yesterday air force base Vandenberg did not take place the launch of Atlas V with satellite, WorldView-4.

The reason for this was a fuel leak during fueling of the rocket fuel system before starting.

Rocket launch Atlas V moved to September 18. During this time, professionals will need to understand and eliminate all prevented the launch of technical problems. The rocket, which will launch with a US air force base Vandenberg will have to deliver to earth orbit, the satellite WorldView-4. A new generation of satellites WorldView-4 is designed and created by experts at Lockheed Martin Space Systems.

They equipped it with heavy-duty telescope Imaging System, GeoEye-2, which will allow you to take panoramic pictures of the Earth in high resolution. Every day the satellite will remove about 700 square kilometers of the surface of planet Earth.

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