Japan will attempt to launch a new flagship missile for the second time on March 6.
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Bloomberg.
Masashi Okada, project manager of the H3 rocket development team, said Friday that weather at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwest Japan will ultimately decide whether the launch will take place in the morning as planned.
H3, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. It is a 63-meter rocket developed and created by for ten years, it failed to take off on February 17 due to a malfunction.
Okada noted that the exact cause of the malfunction is being investigated.
As Elon Musk’s SpaceX continues to develop a new generation of rockets that can be downloaded and reused remotely, the Japanese aerospace agency is vying for its share of the growing global space market.
As reported by Ukrinform, the American company’s SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Friday morning.
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