--- title: "After a disastrous launch, a Japanese space rocket was commanded to self-destruct." description: "On its sixth space mission, the unmanned rocket, which can launch in three stages, was putting a number of satellites into orbit." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-10-12 updated: 2022-10-12 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2130/after-a-disastrous-launch-a-japanese-space-rocket-was-commanded-to-self-destruct category: "space and research" tags: ["technology", "technology news", "space science", "science and technology"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # After a disastrous launch, a Japanese space rocket was commanded to self-destruct. On its sixth [space mission](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100622/which-country-recently-conducted-a-successful-space-mission-to-the-moon), the unmanned rocket, which can launch in three stages, was putting a number of [satellites](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2194/on-october-20-watch-as-spacex-launches-54-starlink-satellites-and-lands-a-rocket) into orbit. **Because of the danger it would pose if it crashed to the ground, the rocket couldn't continue to fly safely, a JAXA official said in remarks carried by the TBS television network.** He explained, 'So we took precautions to avoid such a catastrophe and we transmitted the signal (to destroy the rocket),' but added that the reason for the issue was not yet known. **It was the first unsuccessful rocket launch in Japan since 2003, according to the public broadcaster NHK and other media agencies.** Presenters cut off a JAXA [broadcast](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1633/broadcastreceiver-in-android) of the launch from the southern Kagoshima region's Uchinoura Space Center and stated there had been a problem without going into further information. **The Epsilon rocket with solid fuel has been in use since 2013.** It is a [replacement](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11708/google-pixel-and-its-quick-screen-replacement) for the solid-fuel 'M-5' rocket, which was phased out in 2006 because of its high cost, and is smaller than the nation's previous liquid-fueled type. **According to a** [**NASA**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2085/spacex-capsule-ferries-nasa-crew-and-russian-astronauts-as-it-heads-to-space-station) **report on the launch, one of the satellites being carried by the rocket, [known as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35703/ricky-ponting-is-also-known-as-what) RAISE-3, had been scheduled to [orbit the Earth](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/112156/who-was-the-first-person-to-orbit-the-earth) for at least a year.** **\**It was the first launch failure of a significant [Japanese](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40869/how-did-the-u-s-government-change-its-policy-toward-japanese-americans-serving-in-the-military-how-did-many-respond) rocket since 2003 and the first rocket of the Epsilon class. **The [space agency](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32252/cryogenic-engine-for-upper-stage-of-gslv-mk-iii-was-successfully-tested-by-which-space-agency) had also offered a live stream of the launch from the southern Kagoshima region's Uchinoura [Space Center](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2122/indian-startups-will-soon-launch-space-satellites-says-jitendra-singh)**, but it was cut off. The presenters mentioned that there have been some issues but provided no further information. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2130/after-a-disastrous-launch-a-japanese-space-rocket-was-commanded-to-self-destruct Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.