Arianespace today announced a delay in Flight 162, scheduled to launch SMART-1 on the first stage of its journey to the moon.
The Ariane-5 launch, with SMART-1 and two commercial satellites on board, was planned to take place on Thursday 28 August from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch has now been put back six days until 3 September
More information at:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM3ITYO4HD_Expanding_0.html