Technical hitch delays Skynet launch

KOUROU, French Guyana (Reuters) - A technical hitch on Saturday delayed the scheduled launch in French Guyana of a heavy-lift Ariane-5 rocket slated to launch two satellites, space officials said.

"We were not able to correct our water tower anomaly in time. We will attempt to correct the problem with an objective of launching on Sunday," Jean Yves Le Gall, president of the Arianespace rocket launch company, said.

The rocket was carrying the Skynet 5A military communications satellite for Britain's Ministry of Defence and Insat 4B, a civilian communications satellite for India's Space Research Organisation.