After three postponements in a week last month due to inclement weather, Japan launched the H-IIA rocket carrying the national space agency's moon lander on Sept 7 morning.
According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the rocket took off as planned from its Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was in charge of the launch.
The rocket is carrying JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft, which has been dubbed the "moon sniper" due to its experimental precision landing technology. The lunar landing of SLIM is planned for early next year.
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