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IGS Radar (2) & IGS Optical (2)
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 29 Nov 2003, 04:33 am UTC
Rocket: H-IIA (H-II)
Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Description
Destroyed by range safety after solid booster nozzle burn-through resulted in motor not separating from core.