The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is taking it one day ahead by scheduling the first launch of its new flagship H3 rocket for Tuesday, March 7.
This was reported by Kyodo News, Ukrinform reports.
According to JAXA, it was decided to delay the launch for one day due to adverse weather conditions.
The agency also does not rule out the possibility that the launch will take place between Wednesday and Friday, depending on weather conditions.
The rocket, the launch of which has been delayed several times, is planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Cosmodrome in the southwest of Kagoshima.
The H3, which will be the first payload Earth observation satellite, will launch satellites and probes related to government programs, ensuring Japan’s uninterrupted access to space.
As Ukrinform reported, on February 17, the launch of the H3 rocket, the first of a new medium-altitude launch vehicle in Japan in three decades, failed – the two secondary booster engines did not work.