As part of a test of the Epsilon-S solid-fuel rocket, an inadvertent explosion was detected at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) test site on July 14.
According to the Jiji News Agency, the second stage engine of the Epsilon-S small rocket detonated. The incident occurred in a test stand in Akita Prefecture.
The explosion of the thrust propulsion system sounded a couple of minutes after the launch of its operation. According to the information of the fire departments of the region, there are no victims and casualties.
Before that it became known that July 11, JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on August 26 launch of the launch vehicle H2A with a research module for the study of the Moon SLIM. The latter's equipment is aimed at monitoring the craters and relief of the natural satellite of the earth on the basis of facial recognition algorithms.
Earlier, the media reported that on July 12, a balloon hung on a power line near the special economic zone (SEZ) "Lipetsk".
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