Japan’s JAXA Mars Satellite Probe Delayed to 2026: Comprehensive Foreign News Report

2023-12-06 06:21:00
(Central News Agency, Tokyo, 6th, comprehensive foreign news report) The Japanese government announced yesterday that due to the failure of the H3 rocket in March this year, the launch time of the Mars satellite probe of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will be postponed from 2024 to 2026. . Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that the MMX project, mainly promoted by JAXA, was originally scheduled to launch an unmanned probe to the Martian satellite “Phobos” in September 2024 and bring back surface samples around 2029 to investigate the satellite. If the project succeeds, it will bring back the world’s first sample of a Martian satellite. The Japan Space Policy Committee of the Cabinet Office yesterday presented an amendment to the plan schedule and pointed out that the MMX probe is expected to be launched on the new main rocket H3. However, it was affected by the failure of the launch of the rocket H3 No. 1 in March this year, and the H3 No. 2 Due to delays in the subsequent schedule and other reasons, the launch plan originally scheduled for 2024 was postponed to 2026. The Space Development Strategy Headquarters meeting to be held before the end of the year is expected to formally decide on this amendment. (Translator: Yang Weijing/Verification: Zhang Xiaowen) 1121206 Central News Agency “First-hand News” app The text, pictures and audio and video on this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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