European meteorologists have had to wait 16 years, so one more day of anticipation should be manageable.
The European Space Agency's (ESA) launch of a Vega rocket of the Aeolus satellite, which will map wind patterns by laser, has been postponed by at least a day.
The reason why the launch cannot go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday (21 August) was ironic: weather conditions. More specifically: winds.
"From a technology point of view, the satellite is all fine, the rocket is all...
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