Launch of Japanese lunar orbiter delayed
Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 20:06 UTC
The launch was originally scheduled on August 16, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST.) The new launch date will be announced as soon as it is determined.
"When a ground test was prepared for another satellite (Wideband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite, WINDS,) the polarity of its onboard condenser was found to be installed reversely. JAXA checked the KAGUYA (SELENE) for the same problem, and found the reverse polarity of the condenser in the two onboard baby satellites (one condenser on each satellite.) The two condensers will be replaced."
