Explosionen skedde 49 sekunder efter motorn startade (men typ fyra månader innan planerad takeoff).
Citat:
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the combustion test resulted in an explosion of the second-stage motor 49 seconds after the ignition, causing fire at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.
While no one was injured and the fire was put out within an hour, the blast damaged the facility, and the cause remains unclear, JAXA's Epsilon project manager Takayuki Imoto told a media briefing
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The test was conducted after previous failures triggered months of investigation which have delayed space missions and satellite launch plans.
In July last year, an Epsilon S engine test failed due to thermal damage to its ignition systems. That followed a launch failure of a previous-generation Epsilon rocket in 2022.
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