The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency had to destroy its H3 rocket just minutes after launch Tuesday when the rocket’s second stage failed to ignite.
The H3 rocket was carrying an advanced land observation satellite, with plans to use the satellite, lost along with the rocket, to collect data for disaster response and cartography. Infrared sensors on the orbital object would have been able to detect incoming missiles.
When it became clear to mission control that the second stage ignition had failed and that achieving orbit was no longer feasible, JAXA sent the destruction order.“We deeply apologize for not being able to meet the expectations of everyone involved with the on-board satellite, the local community and the general public,” JAXA wrote in an announcement Tuesday, according to a computer translation.
JAXA continues to eye the international satellite market, even as it begins its look into why the H3 rocket failed.
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