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TOKYO, Feb 24 (AP): Japan's space agency has rescheduled a crucial launch of its H-2A rocket for Saturday after bad weather delayed the planned liftoff - the first since an aborted flight destroyed two spy satellites in November 2003.
The domestically designed H-2A rocket initially was scheduled for launch Thursday from the southern island of Tanegashima, but officials said earlier this week that the launch would be postponed because of forecasts of high winds and lightning.
The new launch date was set for Saturday evening, between 5:07 pm (0809 GMT) and 6:33 pm (0933 GMT), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on its Web site Thursday.
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