the solid-fuel rocket erupted in fire, sending white smoke billowing around the remote mountainous area as orange flames raged on the ground, live footage showed
A Japanese rocket launched to send an experimental government satellite into space exploded just seconds after take-off, turning its launch pad into a giant fireball
A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after launch on Wednesday, in a spectacular failure for the startup's bid to put a satellite into.
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