The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, on October 7 morning suspends the launch of its fifth Epsilon solid-fuel rocket. (Photo: VNA) In its announcement, JAXA said the suspension was due to strong wind.
On October 1 morning, JAXA also suspended the launch of the rocket some 19seconds before the scheduled lift-off time.
According to the agency, a glitch occurred at ground radar equipment thatmonitors the Epsilon-5's position and speed, located near the rocket'slaunching pad. It might cause a problem in tracking the rocket.
The NanoDragon, a nano-layer cubesat satellite which weighs 3.8 kilograms, wasdeveloped by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academyof Science and Technology.
The satellite was delivered to Japan and tested at the Uchinoura Space Centrein Kagoshima prefecture in August before being officially transferred to theJAXA for launching under the second "Innovative satellite technologydemonstration" programme./.
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