Japan's H3 flagship rocket fails to blast off

Al Mayadeen English   Source: Agencies    2023-02-17 06:20    1 Shares
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Japan's first new medium-lift launcher in three decades, the H3 rocket, fail to launch on Friday because two secondary booster engines affixed to the side of the spacecraft fail to ignite.

An H3 rocket sits on the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP)
An H3 rocket sits on the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP)
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