Japan's new H3 rocket fails on 1st test flight, loses Earth observation satellite
. It was designed to deliver high-resolution images of Japan and other areas in strips 43 miles wide with a resolution as sharp as 2.6 feet .
The failed launch comes after a decade of development carried out jointly by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Issues getting the rocket's powerful LE-9 liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen engines ready resulted in significant delays to the first launch. The H3 stands 187 feet or 207 feet tall , depending on the length of two possible payload fairings that can be used for each mission. The rocket is capable of delivering"4 tons or more" to a 310-mile-high sun-synchronous orbit and"6.5 tons or more" to geostationary transfer orbit,JAXA's new H3 rocket waits on the launch pad at Japan's Tanegashima Space Center on March 6.
The version that failed on Monday carried two solid propellant side boosters, but the rocket can be bundled with four such boosters to increase its carrying capacity. Monday's test flight also only used a pair of LE-9 engines, while more capable variants of the rocket employ three LE-9s., Japan's current workhorse launch vehicle, which is expected to have its final flight in 2024.
The expendable H3 is designed for high flexibility, high reliability and with a better cost performance than the H-IIA, according to JAXA. It faces challenges in the international launch market, however, after the emergence of SpaceX's reusableDespite this, recent developments elsewhere have created opportunities for the H3, according to Marco Aliberti, associate senior fellow at the European Space Policy Institute in Vienna.
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