Cancellation of Today's Launch of the First H3 Launch Vehicle Carrying Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 “DAICHI-3” (ALOS-3)
February 17, 2023 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) scheduled the launch of the first H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 TF1: Test Flight No.1) carrying the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 “DAICHI-3” (ALOS-3) at 10:37:55 on February 17th, 2023 (JST) and had worked towards this target; however, during the automatic countdown operations, an anomaly was found in the first stage system and ignition signals for SRB-3s were not sent. Today’s planned launch has thus been cancelled.
We are confirming the situation.
Further information will be updated on the JAXA website.