Madrid, 14 July. (Europe Press) –
A small propulsion unit from the Japanese Epsilon-S launch vehicle suffered a setback on Friday, the Japanese space agency JAXA said. It exploded during testing.
No one was injured in the incident at the Noshiro Rocket Test Center in the country’s northern Akita prefecture, according to the space agency, cited by TPA. Jaxa The cause of the explosion is being investigated a minute after the test.
With the development of Epsilon-S, Jaxa intends to improve the country’s competitiveness in the growing market for satellite launches.
The first Epsilon-series rocket was launched in 2013, initially following the successful launches of five other models that required the Epsilon-6 rocket to launch JAXA. Self-destruction after departure and deviated from its intended path last year.
The failure prompted the agency to delay the launch of Epsilon-S from fiscal year 2023 to 2024. Epsilon rockets are solid fuel rockets.
Japan’s attempt to launch its newly developed H3 rocket via satellite in March this year It ended with his self-destruction. The rocket’s secondary propulsion system failed to ignite.
