Launch of NASA's CloudSat satellite with Canadian Technologies onboard delayed

Longueuil, Quebec, April 21, 2006 - The launch of NASA's CloudSat satellite with Canadian technologies onboard, planned for this morning, is delayed due to a technical problem. A new launch is scheduled for 6:02 a.m. EDT tomorrow morning.

For more information, please visit:

• NASA website:
  www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main/index.html
  
  
• CSA website:
  CloudSat - Looking at clouds in 3-D
  
  
• CSA backgrounder:
  Canadian klystron and receiver technology for NASA's CloudSat mission

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For more information, please contact:

Julie Simard
Media Relations and Information Services
Canadian Space Agency
Telephone: (450) 926-4370
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