Rocket blown up mid-flight during Japan’s first launch failure in nearly 20 years

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A Japanese space agency rocket was issued an order to self-destruct less than seven minutes after lift-off on October 12, 2022. During the country’s first major launch failure since 2003, the Epsilon spacecraft carrying eight satellites was destroyed because it did not reach the right position to achieve Earth’s orbit.

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