Faulty batch of bolts ground Ariane for 'a few days'
Faulty bolts discovered in a routine preflight check have forced Europe's Arianespace consortium to slip its planned Wednesday launch with Intelsat 707 aboard by "a few days" while some 1,000 of the bolts are replaced on the launch pad. An Arianespace spokesperson said the new launch date probably...
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