![]() ![]() Yasuhiro Uno, who directed the Epsilon-6 launch, acknowledged that the failure could affect Epsilon's possible launch business in the future. It was the first time an Epsilon rocket carried commercially developed payloads. ![]() The Epsilon rocket was carrying eight payloads, including two developed by a private company based in Fukuoka, another southern prefecture. ![]() The cause of the failure was still being investigated, the agency said. An Epsilon-6 rocket takes off from the Uchinoura Space Center (USC) in Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, October 12, 2022. JAXA said the rocket and payloads were believed to have fallen into the sea east of the Philippines. JAXA officials said the agency sent a self-destruction signal after deciding the rocket was not able to fly safely and enter a planned orbit. SpaceX Falcon 9 launch puts on spectacular show."We deeply apologize for our failure to live up to the expectations" of local officials and those who were involved in the development of the satellites, Yamakawa said, pledging to assist in the investigation into the cause of the failure. The Epsilon-6 rocket was not in the right position to orbit around the Earth and its flight had to be aborted less than seven minutes after takeoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa told an online news conference. ![]()
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