Cause of failure

1998-03-18T15:55:00

Japan's National Space Development Agency says that the failure of the H2 launcher to place the Comets satellite into the correct orbit on 21 February was likely caused by gas leaking from the combustion chamber of the LE-5 second stage. This caused the engine parts to overheat and damaged the ...

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