Tech Launch of an Epsilon-6 rocket fails

The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials noticed the rocket was deviating from its intended axis and could not be placed in orbit around the Earth. Thus, they abandoned the mission and sent a command to the rocket to self-destruct. JAXA is examining the failure to determine what went wrong. The agency said the last rocket launch failure was the H2A No. 6 rocket in 2003.

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