PLESETSK, June 27. /ITAR-TASS/. A launch of space rocket Angara has been automatically delayed for a day. “The automatic launch abortion system went off, and the launch was delayed for a day,” a representative of the Aerospace Defense Troops told reporters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an hour to study the situation related to the automatic launch abortion of space rocket Angara.

After the president was informed about the automatic launch abortion of rocket Angara at a teleconference session from Russian northern spaceport Plesetsk, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu asked the president to give him an hour to study the situation. Putin agreed and ordered to make a report on the issue in an hour.

The Angara-1.2PP light carrier rocket was to lift off from the Plesetsk space launch facility on Friday afternoon without putting any satellites in the near-Earth orbit.