Another failed launch

ANOTHER FAILED LAUNCH

The launch of a new flagship series H3 rocket carrying an observation satellite and an experimental infrared sensor that could detect missile launches was aborted Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, after its auxiliary booster engines failed to ignite, Japan’s space agency said. The countdown had started. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency livestream and TV footage showed white smoke billowing from the H3′s main engine. But a pair of auxiliary boosters didn’t subsequently ignite because an automatic signal to do so was not transmitted, JAXA said. Still, Friday’s launch problem at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan is a setback for Japan’s space program, which suffered an earlier failed launch in October of an Epsilon-series rocket. The H3 launch was put off from earlier in the week due to weather after more than a two-year postponement from 2020 because of an engine development delay. The rocket — Japan’s first new series in more than 22 years — carries an Advanced Land Observation Satellite primarily tasked with earth observation and data collection for disaster response and map-making. The H3 also carried an infrared sensor developed by the Defense Ministry that can monitor military activity including missile launches.

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