The satellite, Telesat Canada's Anik F2, is now set to launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana at 8:43 p.m. EDT on July 16 (0043 July 17 GMT). A July 13 attempt was scrubbed when an anomaly occured during a data checkpoint with the launch vehicle, Arianespace officials said.

Anik F2 is the largest commercial telecommunications satellite ever attempted to be lofted into orbit. Built by Boeing, the satellite has a launch mass of 13,117 pounds (5,950 kilograms) and carries 32 Ku-band transponders, 38 Ka-band transponders and 24 C-band transponders. The spacecraft is designed to provide broadband Internet services to both businesses and individual consumers across Canada, the southern continental U.S. and the northern reaches of Alaska.