The first pancake is to naught. The newest Japanese rocket launcher was destroyed shortly after launching (video)

Subscribe to not miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! A new carrier rocket called H3, which is a joint development of the Japanese Aerosmic Research Agency (Jaxa) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, went to space at 3:37 at Kiev on Tuesday, March 7, from Tanegasima. 5 minutes after 27 seconds after the start of the mission, the missile gave the command to separate the second stage and switch on its engines.

Within a few minutes, the rocket speed began to decline, and the second -degree engines did not work. The first testing flight of the newest Japanese missile was completed ahead of time after the mission dispatchers sent a team for self -destruction of the rocket. The explosion also destroyed a new Japanese ALOS-3 satellite, also known as the Daichi-3, which was carried on board the rocket, and it was intended to monitor the ground.

It was the second attempt of Jaxa to send its new H3 rocket to space, which should replace the H-IIA rocket, which expires in 2024. For the first time, the Japanese tried to send a rocket to space on February 16 this year, but problems were identified in the first degree of rocket engines. The creation of H3 took a whole 10 years, and such a long term was associated with problems in creating powerful oxygen engines for a new rocket.

Depending on the length of the faulty, the H3 rocket may be 57 or 63 meters in height. It can deliver to a height of 500 km from 4 to 6. 5 tons of useful loads. According to Jaxa, this rocket is disposable, but differs from H-IIA higher reliability, and its launch is cheaper. According to Mark Aliberti from the European Space Policy Institute, after Russian missiles have stopped using many countries for war in Ukraine, H3 has good prospects to become their replacement.

According to Yui University of Tokyo University, the Government of Japan made a decision to accelerate the creation of new launchers in May in May in order to occupy an important niche in the world space launches after Russia's invasion of Russia. But the H3 rocket after a failed first launch should still prove its reliability and efficiency, experts say. According to Aliberty, the H3 rocket launcher can potentially play an important role in Japan's desire for man-made flights into space.