Private Japanese rocket launch company Space One Co. has postponed the launch of its small rocket scheduled for Saturday.
The Tokyo-based company has yet to provide a reason for the postponement of the launch of its 18-meter-long Kairos rocket carrying a government intelligence satellite at Space Port Kii in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama.
It delayed the launch originally scheduled at 11:01 a.m. by 16 minutes before announcing the postponement. It has not given a new launch date.
Space One would be Japan's first private company to place a satellite into orbit.
The company was established in 2018 with investment from Canon Electronics Inc., IHI Aerospace Co., Shimizu Corp. and the government-owned Development Bank of Japan.
