Sirius-XM launch delayed
October 21, 2013
By Chris Forrester
A fault at a South African satellite tracking station has forced International Launch Services to delay launching a Sirius-XM satellite for at least 24 hours.
The craft, Sirius-FM6, was due to be launched on a Proton rocket late on October 20th.
The 6.6 tonne satellite is now rescheduled to blast off late on Monday evening (Moscow time at 10.13pm, or 18.13 GMT). The Space Systems/Loral-built satellite has been on the launch pad since Thursday.