Striking workers delay French rocket launch

CAYENNE: The launch of a French rocket called Ariane 5 which would have placed two communications satellites for Brazil and South Korea into orbit was delayed on Monday by striking workers.

The transfer of the rocket to its launch pad was postponed after striking workers erected a barricade of tires and wooden pallets at the Kourou Space Center, which is in French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.