Launch of Japan’s first commercial satellite, the JC-SAT, originally scheduled for March 1, was delayed by labour troubles at the Ariane launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, in South America: local workers have been fighting with French management company Thomson SA over pay rises, and so the launch had to be put back to Monday […]
Launch of Japan’s first commercial satellite, the JC-SAT, originally scheduled for March 1, was delayed by labour troubles at the Ariane launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, in South America: local workers have been fighting with French management company Thomson SA over pay rises, and so the launch had to be put back to Monday but the bird then went up.