Japan delayed the launch of the Epsilon rocket 19 hours before the scheduled time

On August 27, Japan postponed the Epsilon rocket launcher carrying the world's first SPRINT-A space telescope to observe the planets.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the launch was postponed just 19 seconds before Epsilon boosters left the launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture as engineers discovered abnormalities in the location of missiles.

Epsilon boosters are available on the launch pad.(Source: AFP)

Without that incident, this will be the first launch of Japan's new generation since the H-2A rocket was launched in 2001.

According to the plan, about an hour after leaving the launch pad, the Epsilon missile will bring the SPRINT-A telescope into orbit at an altitude of about 1,000km.

SPRINT-A is the world's first space telescope, able to remotely observe planets located in the solar system such as Venus, Mars and Jupiter.

Earlier, the Epsilon missile was postponed for release on August 22 after engineers discovered a wiring error in a missile communication device.