Japan’s space agency announced Thursday that it will launch its next-generation H3 rocket in February, following two unsuccessful attempts earlier this year. Described as a flexible and cost-effective new flagship, the rocket is scheduled to take off from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s southern island of Tanegashima between 9:22 a.m. and 1:06 p.m. (0022 and 0406 GMT) on February 15. aforementioned. (JAXA), said in a press release.

The third launch attempt came after the spacecraft was forced to self-destruct in March after the command center concluded its mission had failed. The first launch attempt in February, already delayed for several years, failed due to the failure of the solid rocket boosters to ignite.

Developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the H3 is the successor to the H-IIA launch system introduced in 2001. After previous failures, the rocket will now carry a rocket performance tester along with two smaller secondary satellites.

Japan successfully launched its SLIM space probe, nicknamed Lunar Sniper, into lunar orbit this week, but the country has been plagued by a series of space problems. Last year the normally reliable Epsilon solid-fuel rocket self-destructed after detecting a malfunction. And in July, a test of the Epsilon S rocket, an improved version of the Epsilon, resulted in an explosion 50 seconds after ignition.