Denmark's private venture rocket launch planned has been postponed. The first launch attempt of Danish rocket failed on Sunday because of a mechanical glitch.Professionals said the likely cause was a failure of the ignition system.
The current launch is an initial test flight which aims to get to a height of 30km. Peter Madsen and Kristian von Bengtson, confirmed that it was a mechanical fault in the main valve on liquid oxygen tank.
After an examination, the engineers decided against a second launch attempt and did not set a new date for a future attempt. The launch had also been delayed several times because of bad weather.
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