Launching postponement due to launch pad fire `` Kototori '' to launch before dawn on 25th September 12:13

Due to a fire at the launch pad of the rocket, the Japanese space transport ship “Kounotori” No. 8, which was postponed to launch, is scheduled to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture after 1:00 am on the 25th.

“Kounotori” Unit 8 was scheduled to be launched on the 11th of this month, but a fire broke out at the launch pad of the rocket, and the launch was stopped.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which is launching, measures to prevent the occurrence of static electricity, as the liquid oxygen discharged from the vicinity of the engine is likely to be caused by static electricity generated by spraying on the heat-resistant material of the launch pad. And set a new launch schedule after 1: 5 am on the 25th.

The H2B rocket carrying "Kounotori" No. 8 was taken out of the building where the rocket assembly of Tanegashima Space Center will take place on the morning of the 24th and has already been installed at the launch site.

The weather around the launch site before dawn on the 25th is good and there are no problems with launch.

Kounotori is a Japanese unmanned space transport ship that transports supplies to the International Space Station, which travels around the earth at an altitude of around 400 km, and this time supplies electricity, as well as water and food for astronauts. It is equipped with approximately 5.3 tons of supplies such as batteries.