The mission controllers activated the Epsilon abort system, which destroyed the vehicle.
Japan’s Epsilon rocket malfunctioned while launching a technology demonstration satellite. In this regard, a signal was sent to destroy the missile. This was reported by the Japanese edition of NHK.
The first orbital launch departed from Uchinoura at 8:50 pm ET on Tuesday, October 11, as part of a mission known as Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration 3.
At first everything went well, in the first two stages of the solid-propellant rocket they worked nominally.
Problems are likely to arise by the time the third phase begins. As a result, mission controllers activated the Epsilon flight termination system, which destroyed the missile.
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