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18-04-2010, 22:36
<div>Reports from French Guiana say that the twice-cancelled launch of Astra 3B will not be reinstated much before mid-May.

Arianespace chief executive Jean-Yves Le Gall has told specialist newspaper Space News that the latest cancellation on April 9, which saw the launch countdown halted less than a minute before lift-off, was caused by abnormal pressure levels in a helium tank which keeps the giant Ariane 5