JAXA postpones ALOS-4 satellite launch on H3 rocket due to bad weather in southwestern Japan.

Japan's space agency, JAXA, postpones its planned launch of a satellite on its new H3 rocket to Monday due to bad weather forecast for the launch site in southwestern Japan. The rocket will carry an Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS-4), tasked with Earth observation, disaster response, map-making, and military activity monitoring. ALOS-4 is a successor to the current ALOS-2, capable of observing a wider area.

June 28, 2024
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