Japan continues to delay the launch of new rockets due to bad weather | Science

The Epsilon-6 rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on October 12, 2022. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

On February 14, the Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA) decided to delay the first launch time Rocket propulsion New H3 of this country to February 17 due to bad weather.

According to JAXA, the H3 booster, the “successor” version of the H2A booster, was scheduled to be launched on February 15, however, the agency decided to delay it to regarding 10:37-10:44 am on February 17, according to JAXA. local.

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The launch will take place at the Tanegashima Space Center on the island Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

JAXA said in a statement that the agency made the above decision following assessing the forecast of cloudy and rainy weather on February 15 was not suitable for conducting the launch.

Before, JAXA originally planned to launch an H3 booster carrying a Earth observation satellite on February 12, but had to be pushed back to February 15 following discovering a problem in the flight system.

(VNA/Vietnam+)