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Japan delayed the launch of a rocket carrying a lunar lander less than 30 minutes before its scheduled take off Monday as bad weather continued to plague the mission. The H2-A, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s most reliable heavy payload rocket, was originally set to launch Saturday morning carrying an advanced imaging satellite and a lightweight lander slated to reach the Moon as early as January. The launch time was first pushed back to Sunday, and then Monday amid concerns about the weather. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., which is responsible...