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Japan ordered to destroy rocket after it failed to launch

Epsilon 76 launched 8 satellites into space. | Font: JAXA

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launch rocket The Japanese, who were carrying several satellites, failed this Wednesday and the craft had to be destroyed after takeoff, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.JAXA), which suffered a major setback in its space program.

This is the first launch failure since 2003 and the first failure for rocket Epsilon, which runs on solid fuel and has been in operation since 2013. Since then, he has had five successful launches.

Space hara-kiri

JAXA abruptly interrupted the live broadcast of the Epsilon 6 launch from the Space Center in the southern district of Kagoshima.

Self-destruct order has been sent rocket ten minutes after liftoff due to “positioning anomalies,” said Yasuhiro Funo, director of the space project.

At the press conference, Funo explained that a technical problem was discovered before the third and final stage of the launch, when the last booster was about to catch fire.

“We will activate the order to self-destruct the rocket, because if we cannot put it into the planned orbit, we do not know where it is going,” he explained.

After the mission failed rocket offshore, east of the Philippines.

rocket it was supposed to put several satellites into orbit and is designed for a three-stage launch.

the president JAXA, Hiroshi Yamakawa apologized for the failure and stated that the agency is “very sorry that it has not been able to meet the expectations of the Japanese”. (AFP)

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