Launch of a military weather satellite is being delayed until early December to replace a faulty electronics chip in a recorder, the Air Force decided on Tuesday.

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program spacecraft had been slated for blastoff this month aboard an expendable Titan 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch has been on hold for two weeks while engineers assessed an electrical problem detected in the satellite after it was taken to the launch pad and placed atop the Titan booster.

Officials decided on Tuesday to remove the weather satellite from the rocket and replace the faulty chip, which is located in a solid-state recorder, said Air Force spokeswoman Ronea Alger.