Japan will launch recycled propulsion rockets by 2030

A panel of experts is expected to include the goal of making rockets equipped with recycled propulsion in an interim report drafted on May 12, unnamed sources said.

Illustration. (Source: space.com) According to the Vietnam News Agency reporter in Tokyo, Japan in 2030 will launch a rocket with propulsion recycled from engines used in previous missions, in order to reduce costs rocket launch . Kyodo news agency citing unnamed sources said that a panel of experts from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) is expected to put the goal of building the missile. be equipped with recycled propulsion in an interim report drafted on May 12. The current, rocket launch costs Japan’s H2A is very expensive because the rocket propulsion will be disposed of after the missile is launched. Even the H3 – the country’s next-generation missile and expected to be launched by the end of March 2022 – is disposable. Meanwhile, the Falcon 9 missile developed by the American Space Exploration Corporation, can reuse parts that have been used in previous missions to bring astronauts, including Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, boarded the International Space Station (ISS) last month. Since the propulsion of the Falcon 9 rocket is about 10 times reusable, the cost of launching the missile is only about 6 billion yen ($ 55 million), half of the launch cost. H2A rockets Japanese. So the Japan Aerospace Research and Development Agency (JAXA) is conducting research on how to launch a small test missile to a height of about 100 meters and then land vertically in an attempt. missile reuse force. In addition, JAXA also plans to test reusable missiles on a large scale, possibly with France and Germany in 2022./.