Technion satellite launch delayed

NEW YORK, June 24 (JTA) — The launch of an Israeli university’s satellite has been delayed for two weeks to allow time to complete the inspection of the launcher rocket. The satellite, designed and built at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, was scheduled to be launched Tuesday from a Russian military facility in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Gurwin TechSat II, which is about the size of a large milk crate, is designed to enhance communications and study the ozone layer If next month’s launch is successful, TechSat will perform a variety of tasks during its expected one-year life span in space. These include testing superconductor materials that could allow communications satellites to carry more channels in a smaller space and using an ultraviolet sensor to determine the ozone content of the atmosphere.