"The blast-off may take place on February 19", he said.
Initially, it was scheduled for 6:53, Moscow time, February 17 from the Odyssey marine platform from an equatorial Pacific region within the international Sea Launch program.
On Wednesday night the Mission Control Center reported a 24-hour delay for technical reasons.
The Sea Launch company, set up by enterprises in Ukraine, the United States, Russia, Norway and some other countries, operates on the international space launch market through Boeing Launch Services and is among the main suppliers of services in orbiting heavy satellites from equatorial parts of the Pacific.
XM-Radio satellites are designed for daily transmission of digital music from studios in Washington, New York, Nashville. They relay up to 130 digital commercial and state radio channels in the entire spectrum of music, from country to operas. Over 40 satellite channels are assigned for sports news, talk shows, comedies, children's programs, and weather forecasts.
XM3-Radio is a third American satellite of the family. The first two are doing service for American private and state customers.
