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A rocket developed by a Japanese start-up exploded a few seconds after a failed take-off in northern Japan
The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was launched in Taiki City on Hokkaido, the most northerly main island in Japan. He was supposed to reach 100 kilometers in space.
Saturday TV footage showed that the 10-meter pencil rocket was only slightly raised from its launch pitch before falling to the ground, disappearing into a fireball. 2 burst into the second flames after takeoff. Source: AP
Images from the NHK public channel showed a charred rocket on the ground
The incident caused no injury.
Interstellar Technologies president, Takahiro Inagawa, said that he thought the rocket had a problem.
No one was injured in the incident. Source: AP
He apologized for the failure and said his team would collect debris to badyze the problem and improve the rocket
Saturday's failure was the second after the first rocket launch last July. ] The project was launched in 2005 by the maverick entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, founder of Livedoor Internet access provider, who was joined by science journalists and other fans of the Internet. space to develop a small lightweight and inexpensive rocket.
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