'Destruct command!' Japan's new H3 rocket fails to deliver payload to orbit

flight mode activated, we have a successful elevator for the test flight of the A3 launch vehicle with 803 from Jackson Space Center at 10 37 55 seconds am on March 7, 2023, Japan Standard Time, it is ready for control of A3 operation has been changed from the launch control center to the range The A3 control is flying over the Pacific Ocean to the east southeast, it has been in flight for a minute and the ground stations are tracking the launch vehicles and everything is fine. The future is solid versus separation. The A3 tracking says that the combustion of the first stage engine attitude.

Control and trajectory are all nominal. The ERS first is about 1.6 kilometers per second, so we have been able to see a successful launch of the H3 launch vehicle that is far away and what you are saying now is based on the information that we received from a launch vehicle and we replicate it in CG almost in real time and the flight indicator is open to the public which we call FIP and it looks at the direction in which the launch vehicle is traveling and also shows the height and is indicated as a line and the data obtained from the launch vehicle are actually reflected in this, so it shows the trajectory of the launch vehicle, so the separation of the fairing from the satellite has been confirmed and what you can see on the screen is X Plus, which is um the type Alexa of the foreign launch that the I3 flight is on because the current Archer is about 175 kilometers, the speed is about 2.4 kilometers per second and towards the top left you can see the altitude and speed, so We traveled more than 200 kilometers up. on the ground and on the left is the speed uh um, but that's uh it finally accelerated to 28,900 kilometers per hour and so we're almost at the completion of the first stage engineer's first stage burn on.

James cut the announcement of the start of the second stage separation burn yet, but at the burn at 16 minutes and 36 seconds it will continue to burn to take the satellite into

orbit

, so we have seen the test flight launch of the H3 release. number one, so in itself it has um I guess they did some research on me so we can't see it in the sky anymore, so it goes towards the good weather that we were able to see it for quite a while high up in the sky that we were. We can see the um as a B3 separation, but um, the launch vehicle is a

deliver

y service, so we must separate our data satellite, otherwise we will not be able to call the entire mission successfully, so in this moment yet I can't be sure it's the end and people at RCC are keeping a close eye on the offline launch vehicle as we discussed at RCC.

At the tracking stations they are actually tracking the launch vehicle, getting data from it, and getting mapping information. Well, to confirm the current position of that trajectory, so I will confirm the trajectory as explained to me and this reflects the current and the flight data reflected in CG is almost real time and what will happen? after this if the second stage turns on well then there will be satellite separation so up to 16 minutes after takeoff and we will

deliver

the satellite to the delivery point so the elevation is about 540 kilometers at this time and the target elevation is 675. kilometers and so it looks like it's traveling at the necessary altitude but it looks like the speed is going down, it's going down to less than 10,000 kilometers per hour.

I don't know if this data is correct or not, but it seems that the speed is going down and that is what we can confirm at the FIB, but is this the real data or is it based on the system? We need to verify this. This is an announcement from the Takisaki range control center for all launches. Operators and personnel, the ignition of the second stage engine has not yet been confirmed. We continue to confirm that situation. The ignition of the second stage engine has not yet been confirmed. We continue to confirm the situation overseas, so the elevation is 625 kilometers but the speed is dropping. but is this the real situation?

We would like to wait for updated information. We are confirming the situation right now, so if you could bear with us as soon as we receive updated information, I will pass it on to you, as it was just announced, the

rocket

could not. complete your mission, so the

destruct

ion

command

was sent. It was decided that the

rocket

could not complete its mission, so this

command

draft was sent. Destruction command if we send the signal and there is this device that is activated to destroy the rocket from then on. We would not fly anymore and we would return to the ground, so we were observing on the CG that the combustion of the first stage was completed and we could see that the command was sent to separate the first and second stages five minutes 27 seconds the engine of the second stage. it started to turn on, but in the CG that signal was not received, we couldn't confirm that, so what happened there?

Something we have to investigate by looking at all the data, so during this broadcast, it will probably be difficult to explain everything in detail. the phenomena, so please what we would like to communicate to you through the website or other means, so we cannot wait for more news to come and that is why we would like to conclude the live broadcast of the first test flight of the HSC. It is very unfortunate that this has happened, it is proof. vehicle, so there were several challenges and there were some risks, of course, because it was recently developed, so in the future we will investigate the cause.

Yes, we need to identify the cause and then reflect it in the next test vehicle, which would be our mission. For detailed information, please visit the jaxa website. Information will be provided there. Thank you for watching the live broadcast. Thank you so much.