Information gathering satellite launching suspended today Leakage from equipment piping Tanegashima Jan. 28 9:47
The H2A Launch Vehicle No. 41 carrying the government's information gathering satellite was scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on the morning of October 28, but a leak was found in the piping of the facility that sends nitrogen gas to the rocket's body. Has been canceled.
The government's information gathering satellite "Optical Unit 7" is scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center with an H2A launch vehicle No. 41 at 10:34 am on March 28. The rocket was moved to the launch site at around 8:30 a.m. Was being promoted.
However, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which was in charge of the launch, canceled the launch around 1:00 am on March 28, stating that "excessive leakage to the outside of the piping of the facility that sends nitrogen gas to the rocket's fuselage was found." Did.
No new launch date has been set and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is investigating details.
The government's information-gathering satellite is a virtual reconnaissance satellite that can take images of the earth from hundreds of kilometers above the altitude. "is.
The original plan was to launch on the 27th, but was postponed to the 28th due to bad weather conditions.