The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its advanced HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday. The launch had been delayed for days due to poor weather at the picturesque launch site.
The mission utilized JAXA’s H3-24L rocket, an expendable launch system developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as a successor to the H-IIA and H-IIB rockets.