Japan's H3 rocket set for liftoff Monday

National space agency, Mitsubishi Heavy aim to make up for aborted Feb. 17 launch

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Japan's H3 rocket was ready to go on Feb. 17 before its launch was aborted at the Tanegashima Space Center, in Kagoshima Prefecture. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- Japan will conduct a launch of its next-generation H3 rocket on Monday, having fixed the problem that caused a last-minute launch abort on Feb. 17.

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