Japan space station supply delayed

Officials from the government run agency said the launch was still on schedule as of Wednesday afternoon.

The launch is scheduled for 8:35 a.m. Eastern time.

Bad weather has forced the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to postpone the launch of its H-II Transport Vehicle (HTV)-5 to the international Space Station until Wednesday. NASA Television will carry live coverage of the event beginning at 7:45 a.m.

If all goes properly as deliberate, the HTV-5 will arrive on the space station on Monday, August 24, after a 5-day flight, delivering greater than 4.5 tons of analysis and provides, together with water, spare elements and experiment hardware.

JAXA is delaying the launch from the Tanegashima Area Middle in southern Japan on account of an unfavorable climate forecast for the unique launch date of Sunday, Aug. 16.

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. Under this scenario, the cargo craft should be captured by the station at 6:55 a.m. EDT.