Japanese H3 rocket launched exploded during launch: A new start-up date (video) has been assigned

The second flight of the H3 rocket will take place in February 2024, after the debut launch ended in a disaster. The newest rocket launcher of the Japanese Aerosmic Research Agency (Jaxa) under the name H3 exploded during the first flight into space in March this year. Now it became known that the second launch into space will take place on February 14, 2024 from the spaceport of Tanegasim in Japan, Space writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! The H3 rocket was created by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. But on March 7 this year, during the first test flight, it exploded. Although the rocket has successfully started and ended the separation of degrees, after about seven minutes of flight, it was noticed that the rocket speed was falling. The operators were also unable to confirm the launch of the second degree engine.

Shortly thereafter, the rocket was sent for self -destruction. The explosion also destroyed the Earth's satellite called ALOS-3, also known as the Daichi-3. Neither Jaxa nor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries revealed the details of what caused the disaster, although a thorough investigation into the incident was conducted. Now it became known that Jaxa has decided to carry out the second launch of H3 launcher, which should take place on February 14, 2024.

On board the rocket will be placed a flight demonstration module called VEHICLE EVALUATION PAYLOAD-4 and two satellites-CE-SAT-EIE and TIRSAT. The height of the H3 rocket can range from 57 to 63 meters depending on the configuration. This rocket can deliver more than 4 tonnes of an amount of amounts for a sunny synchronous orbit of 500 km high, and 6. 5 tons of amount of amounts-to a geostationary transitional orbit.

The first unsuccessful launch of the H3 rocket affected the start of another Japanese rocket called H-2A. The fact is that both rockets use the same second stage, and therefore the launch of H-2A into space was put up at the time of the disaster investigation from May to September this year. But the start of the H-2A rocket launcher, which took place on September 6, went without problems. As a result, the XRISM X -ray telescope and Slim planting device were displayed into space.

If the Xrism telescope is already rotating around the Earth, Slim is still rotating around the moon, where it reached December 25. If everything goes according to the plan, the planting machine should land on the surface of the month on January 19, 2024. As the focus wrote, Slim has already sent his first photos covered with craters of the Earth's satellite.