Japan space agency fails to launch mini rocket


  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Jan 2017

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's SS-520 satellite launches at its Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo January 15, 2017. Kyodo/via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency said on Sunday it failed to launch a mini rocket carrying a satellite into space due to failure of the communications systems.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in a statement it had fired the SS-520 rocket at 0833 JST on Sunday at its Uchinoura Space Centre in southern Japan. JAXA said it was unable to receive data from the rocket, which has fallen back to earth in a spot it had expected.

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