Japan eyes maiden flight for H3 rocket on March 6 after aborted attempt

Japan will seek to launch its new flagship H3 rocket for the first time on Monday after a technical glitch forced it to abort a planned launch in mid-February moments before lift-off, the country's space agency said Friday.The rocket is a successor to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's reliable H2A launch vehicle. It is scheduled to lift off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima.The Feb. 17 launch was aborted after an electrical current from the airframe's battery to its main engine's control unit was cut for several second…READ FULL ARTICLE