Bangalore: Insat 4B launch deferred till March 12

Bangalore, Mar 11: The launch of India's latest communication satellite Insat 4B was deferred by a day this morning following an anomaly noticed in the launchpad seven minutes before the scheduled blast off.

The satellite was to be launched by Ariane Five vehicle of Arianespace from Kourou, French Guyana between 0355 hrs and 0428 hrs today.

ISRO sources told UNI