The H2A rocket No. 45, which carries the British communications satellite, was scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on the 21st of this month, but it will be postponed for one day due to the influence of the weather, and the launch will be done on the 22nd of this month. became.
The H2A rocket No. 45, which carries the artificial satellite of the British communications satellite company "Inmarsat", was originally scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture after 11:30 pm on the 21st of this month.
However, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which will launch it, has postponed it for one day, saying that clouds with lightning are expected to occur in the sky, and announced that the launch will be done after 11:30 pm on the 22nd of this month.
This is the fifth time that the H2A rocket has launched an artificial satellite or spacecraft ordered from overseas.
The H2A rocket, including the H2B rocket with enhanced launch capability, has been successfully launched 47 times in a row since 2005.