The first rocket launch was planned to be carried out a week earlier, but it was postponed due to strong winds.
The delayed launch of the Japan Space Agency’s H2A lunar lander has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 7th. This was reported by Kyodo.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said the launch of the H2A launch vehicle is planned at around 8:40 am from the space center on Tanegashima Island in southwest Kagoshima Prefecture.
As part of its payload, the rocket will carry the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s SLIM lunar lander, which will test precision moon landing technology.
SLIM is expected to orbit the Moon three to four months after launch and attempt to reach the lunar surface in four to six months.
The collected data will be used in the US-led Artemis project, which aims to return people to the moon in 2025 and further study our planet’s satellites. The ultimate goal is human exploration of Mars.
If successful, Japan would become the fifth country to land a moon rover on Earth, after the United States, China, India and the former Soviet Union.
Earlier it was reported that the landing module of the lunar station Chandrayan-3 with a lunar rover on board made a successful landing on Earth’s satellite.
Source: korrespondent
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