Japanese  ncy has cancelled launch of ir unnamed rocket on Tuesay morning after a fire broke out near rocket launch p at Tanegashima Island located in southwestern Japan. launch of rocket with HTV-8 cargo vessel called Koutori8 was meant to deliver supplies to International Station over Earth. fire reportedly broke out at 3:05 am in Japanese time just before Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was all set to launch cargo vessel on H-2B rocket. operator is investigating  cause of fire and checking for any dams to rocket and area surrounding it. 

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'World's biggest transport ship'

Koutori8 means a white stork in Japanese. purpose of launch was to supply over 5.3 tonnes of material including fresh food, water, batteries and devices for experiment, to astronauts at ISS. Koutori8 was called 'world's biggest transport ship' by Japan ncy JAXA on ir website in a video.

A JAXA official dressed local news ncies stating that re was such deline for transportation of supplies to ISS and y would schedule next launch in cooperation with international counterparts. 

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India's Chandrayaan 2 also saw its initial launch cancelled

Recently in a similar incident, India's Chandrayaan 2 which h an initially planned launch on July 15, was also scrubbed due to a technical snag.

On that day, Indian public h gared at Sriharikota at midnight to witness launch of rocket. It was just 56 minutes before launch that Indian Research Organization (ISRO) decided to postpone launch after facing technical issues. 3850 kg craft consisted of an orbiter, lander Vikram, and Pragyan rover.

Moon mission of India was n launched on July 22nd and it arrived in lunar orbit on August 19. Vikram lander was supposed to have a soft-landing at south pole of Moon on September 6, but at last moment, officials lost contact with Lander. world lauded ISRO's efforts and called mission a success. ISRO claimed that Lander's location has been detected and it was still in one piece.
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