Space carrier "Kototori" Launch postponed again on September 25 at 19:45 on September 21
Regarding the launch of the H2B rocket carrying the Japanese space transport ship "Kounotori" No. 8, which was postponed due to a fire at the rocket launch pad, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that it would postpone again on the 25th of this month. did.
The Japanese space transport ship “Kounotori” No. 8 was scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on the 11th of this month with the H2B rocket. I was going to do this 24th of this month.
However, in subsequent analysis, it was found that if it was launched as it was, a part of the rocket could come into contact with the Russian spacecraft "Soyuz" launched the next day, so Mitsubishi Heavy Industries postponed the launch again And we announced that it will be held around 1: 5 am on the 25th of this month.
Kounotori Unit 8 is equipped with 5.3 tons of life supplies and experimental equipment for astronauts on the International Space Station.