See how Japan destroyed H3 rocket after the launch

Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed the H3 rocket moments into its launch

Last updated: March 07, 2023 | 17:58

Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday because the ignition failed for the second stage of the country's first new rocket series in more than two decades. See how it all happened.

An H3 rocket lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Visitors watch the launch of the "H3" rocket, a Japan's next generation rocket carrying the advanced optical satellite "Daichi 3", at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan on March 7, 2023.

People watch as an H3 rocket is launched, at a field in Minamitane town in Kagoshima, southern Japan Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

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