Japan's H3 rocket loses Michibiki 5 after payload fairing detaches in flight
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JAXA's seventh H3 launch failed when the payload fairing detached about four minutes after liftoff, leaving the Michibiki 5 navigation satellite to fall back into the Pacific; investigators are probing the cause, and the anomaly could delay future H3 missions and planned payloads like MMX and HTV-X.
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