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Japan was forced to blow up and destroy its flagship space rocket minutes after it blasted off yesterday, after one of its engine ignitions failed to properly operate.

(CTN NEWS) - TOKYO - Because the ignition for the second stage of the nation's first new rocket series failed in more than two decades, Japan's space agency

For the second time in three weeks Japan’s space program had a launch problem.

Japan’s brand-new medium-lift rocket was destroyed on Tuesday after its debut flight, when the launcher’s second-stage engine did not ignite as strategically planned.

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s second attempt to launch its next-generation H3 rocket failed after liftoff yesterday, with the spacecraft forced to self-destruct after the command centre concluded the mission could not succeed. The failure is a blow for Japan’s space agency JAXA, which has billed the rocket as a flexible and cost-effective new flagship. Its […]

Japans space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday because the ignition failed for the second stage of the countrys first new rocket series in more than two decades.

TOKYO: Japan’s second attempt to launch its next-generation H3 rocket failed after liftoff on Tuesday, with the...

Its the countrys first new rocket series in more than two decades.

Japan launches H3 rocket, destroys it over 2nd-stage failure

Japan’s new H3 rocket was carrying an Earth observation satellite and an infrared sensor developed to monitor missile activity.