Japan Postpones Satellite Launch Due to Rainfall
Posted on: Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 09:00 CST
Japan postpones satellite launch due to rainfall
TOKYO, Feb.21 (Xinhua) -- Japan delayed the launch of an infrared satellite due to rainfall, reports said on Tuesday morning.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced through its website shortly after 6 a.m. that it decided to postpone the liftoff, originally set for 6:28 a.m. (2128 GMT), for 24 hours to the same time a day later, because the unfavorable weather could endanger the rocket's launch.
The infrared ray astronomical satellite, Astro-F, will be conveyed into its orbit by a M5 rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The satellite, with a mission to probe the Milky Way and astronomical phenomena, is Japan's first infrared satellite, said an earlier report of Kyodo News.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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