Japan to Attempt Next-Generation Rocket Launch Again on March 6
Smoke emerges from the main engines of the next-generation H3 rocket at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, in February.
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Japan will make a second attempt to launch its new flagship rocket on March 6.
Masashi Okada, project manager of the H3 rocket’s development team, said on Friday that weather at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan will ultimately decide whether the launch goes ahead in the morning as planned.