Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said it decided to postpone the launch of rocket No. 49, scheduled for noon, from the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture due to unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere, Xinhua news agency reported. Is. ,
Winds are expected to blow over the space station around the scheduled launch time, which does not meet takeoff criteria, Mitsubishi Heavy said, adding that a new date has not yet been decided.
The rocket carrying the Japanese government's eighth information-gathering radar satellite was originally planned to lift off on Wednesday, but the launch was postponed to Monday due to fears of bad weather, according to the manufacturer.
H2A operations are expected to end next March in fiscal year 2024 with the launch of rocket No. 50. The next generation H3 rocket is then designed to replace this.
Winds are expected to blow over the space station around the scheduled launch time, which does not meet takeoff criteria, Mitsubishi Heavy said, adding that a new date has not yet been decided.
The rocket carrying the Japanese government's eighth information-gathering radar satellite was originally planned to lift off on Wednesday, but the launch was postponed to Monday due to fears of bad weather, according to the manufacturer.
H2A operations are expected to end next March in fiscal year 2024 with the launch of rocket No. 50. The next generation H3 rocket is then designed to replace this.
