Officials at a military base in central California have delayed the launch of a rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite.
Tech Sgt Ben Rojek of the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base confirmed that the launch was postponed five minutes before its planned take-off on Wednesday morning.
Tech Sgt Rojek cited a “technical engineering problem” as the reason for the delay, which pushed back the launch by 24 hours.
He said a status console “was trying to tell (Nasa officials) something they already knew,” indicating a problem with the system.
The Taurus XL rocket was carrying Nasa’s Glory satellite, which is slated for a three-year mission to analyse how airborne particles affect Earth’s climate.
Besides monitoring particles in the atmosphere, Glory will also track solar activity to determine the sun’s effect on climate.
The £267 million mission is managed by the Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland.
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