The Japanese Aerospace Agency ordered the self-destruction of the H3 rocket for presenting a failure after takeoff

There Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Tuesday sent an order to self-destruct your H3 rocket minutes after takeoff for its maiden flight for a apparent failure of its secondary engines, after a previous failed launch attempt last February.

“It looks like the speed is dropping”the narrators said on JAXA’s live broadcast, after which the command center announced that “the second stage ignition engine has not been confirmed.”

The live stream was briefly interrupted, with a message saying, “We are currently reviewing the situation. Please wait”.

When the transmission resumed, the command center announced the destruction of the rocket.

“The destruction order was transmitted to the H3 because it had no chance of completing the mission,” the control center said.

Jointly developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the rocket lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in southwest Kagoshima at 10:37 a.m. Tuesday (01:37 GMT), but a few minutes after takeoff, its secondary engines failed to ignite JAXA therefore sent the order to self-destruct the device.

In the previous attempt, on February 17, Japan’s new flagship rocket failed on her maiden flight after her extra boosters failed to fire for this reason, it did not take off, although the main engines of the first phase ignited correctly.

The launch of the H3 rocket, which has been delayed several times in recent years, generates high expectations for its weight in the Japanese aerospace program and the next generation of space development.

The rocket’s first flight was originally scheduled for late March 2021, but the date was pushed back about two years due to engine problems of its first phase LE-9, recently developed, and for the replacement of parts.

The H3, which is set to replace the H2-A and H2-B models used by JAXA to put satellites into orbit, is the first space rocket to use a working engine (the aforementioned LE-9) in its first phase. with an expanding cycle, a system that improves efficiency in the use of fuel.

The rocket, marking the first renewal of the country’s flagship launch vehicle in two decades, is to launch the DAICHI-3 Earth observation satellite into orbit, which will be used to monitor the situation in disaster areas.

(With information from EFE and AFP)

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