Japan's H3 Rocket Test Flight Rescheduled to Saturday
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency postpones the second test flight of its H3 rocket due to adverse weather, aiming for a successful launch after last year's failure.
- The second test flight of Japan's H3 rocket, initially planned for Thursday, has been rescheduled to Saturday due to bad weather forecasts.
- Last year's debut flight of the H3 rocket ended in failure, necessitating the destruction of the rocket and its payload, the ALOS-3 satellite.
- The upcoming test will carry a mockup of the ALOS satellite, named VEP-4, as JAXA aims for a successful trajectory and the deployment of two observation microsatellites.
- JAXA has developed the H3 rocket as a more cost-effective and capable successor to the H-2A, which is nearing retirement.
- Recent successes, including a historic precision moon landing, have raised expectations for Japan's space development efforts.
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