Rocket launch by private Japanese firm Space One postponed

Private Japanese rocket launch company Space One Co. has postponed the launch of its small rocket scheduled for Saturday due to a ship entering the downrange hazard area.The Tokyo-based company initially delayed the launch of its 18-meter-long Kairos rocket at Space Port Kii in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama by 16 minutes from the originally scheduled 11:01 a.m. before announcing the postponement.It has not given a new launch date for the rocket, which will carry a government intelligence satellite.Space One would be Japan's first private company to place a satellite into orbit.Th…READ FULL ARTICLE