Japan said it had destroyed a new medium-lift rocket it launched into space after the vehicle's second-stage engine failed to ignite, in a blow to its efforts to expand access to space and remain competitive in a launch market roiled by Elon Musk's SpaceX
The 57-metre tall H3 rocket had lifted off from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima space port,. JAXA said it sent a self-destruct signal to the rocket after the engine failure.
The H3 was carrying the ALOS-3, a disaster management land observation satellite that is also equipped with an experimental infrared sensor designed to detect North Korean ballistic missile launches.
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