The launch was cancelled because wind conditions in the upper atmosphere did not satisfy constraints, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' launch services unit says
TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s space agency suspended a planned launch on Monday, August 28, of an H-IIA rocket that was to carry a moon lander into space, according to launch operator Mitsubishi Heavy Industries .
The launch was cancelled because wind conditions in the upper atmosphere did not satisfy constraints, MHI’s launch services unit in a post on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, 24 minutes before the planned launch time. H-IIA No. 47 was planned to be launched from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ’s Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 9:26 am local time on Monday.The rocket is carrying JAXA’s lunar landing spacecraft Smart Lander for Investigating Moon and an X-ray imaging satellite.
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