Glitch postpones first space flight from Russia's new launch-pad

An unmanned Soyuz rocket carrying three satellites had been scheduled to fire off into orbit from the Vostochny site, which was built to end Russia's reliance on the Baikonur cosmodrome in neighboring Kazakhstan.

Moments before the scheduled launch time, officials at the launch-site, in Russia's far eastern Amur region, announced a postponement until Thursday morning, citing technical problems, Interfax news agency reported.

(reuters.com)