Bad weather delays launch of Japanese cargo ship to ISS

The H-2B rocket was originally scheduled to be launched on Sunday.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)will roll out its T-IIB rocket this afternoon on the Tanegashima Space Center, in accordance to US space company NASA.

First, it was said that the cargo craft would blast off this Monday, August 17.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has postponed the launch of its Transport Vehicle to the global Space Station.

NASA’s announcement came two days after Virginia-based Orbital ATK said it plans to resume sending its own Cygnus unmanned cargo ship to the space station in early December using a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket.

Watch it live on NASA TV.

5 tons of provides, together with water, spare elements and experiment hardware for the six-person area station crew, the unpiloted cargo craft, named Kounotori, Japanese for “white stork”, will journey 4 days to succeed in the station.

Japan’s fifth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) will take a five day trip to the station after its launch.

Rendezvous with the ISS is rescheduled for approximately 6:55 a.m. on Monday, August 24.