Japan’s maiden launch of its new flagship space rocket ended in failure -- when controllers issued a destruct command just 15 minutes after liftoff
Japan’s maiden launch of its new flagship space rocket ended in failure on Tuesday when controllers issued a destruct command just 15 minutes after liftoff, the country’s space agency said. “A destruct command has been transmitted to H3 around 10:52 a.m. , because there was no possibility of achieving the mission,” a statement from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. A report from public broadcaster NHK said the second stage of the H3 rocket did not ignite.
’s second attempt to launch the H3. On February 17, two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of the space vehicle did not ignite on the launch pad and the H3 failed to take off. The space agency has touted the H3 as the successor to Japan’s H-2A and H-2B rockets, with flexible configurations based on what it would need to lift into orbit. It has previously touted the expected ability of the H3 to launch both government and commercial missions.
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