Japanese H-2 Failure Ruins

A $375-million Japanese research spacecraft important to future Japanese commercial communications and relay satellite development is in a useless orbit following the malfunction of the LE-5A second stage of its H-2 booster. The incident marks the worst launch vehicle failure in the history of the...

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