Satellite launch postponed by five days
R. M. Manivannan, Chairman, SupremeSAT issuing a communique from Xi
Chang, China said that a last minute technical issue coupled with
prevalent bad weather
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Prof. Thissa Vitharana with Ranjith Uyangoda at the site in
China |
conditions at the 'Xi Chang" Launching Center has compelled them to
postpone the launch by a maximum of five days.
"Even though this is very usual scenario in the satellite launching
history, we express our apology to every patriotic Sri Lankan who would
no doubt have been waiting to see the Sri Lankan flag reaching space
yesterday." Senior Minister Prof. Thissa Vitharana along with Ranjith
Uyangoda, Sri Lankan ambassador of China did an inspection tour at the
launching site to oversee the current preparation which is underway. "We
sincerely thank the media and our well wishers for your understanding
and also thank our technical team headed by Rohitha Rajapaksa who is
working hard to re schedule the launch at the earliest." |
