Launch failure; Vehicle apparently lost attitude control around the time of 1st stage separation.
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LAUNCH SITESpaceport Kii, Japan
Mission
Second flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites for testing various technologies will be on board: * TATARA-1 * PARUS-T1A * SC-Sat1 * ISHIKI
- Launch vehicle
- Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space One Launch Pad
- Provider
- Space One
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System
4-stage all solid fuel small satellite launch vehicle from the Japanese company Space One, founded in 2018 by Canon Electronics, IHI Aerospace, construction company Shimizu and the government-backed Development Bank of Japan.
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 1.35 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 2
- First flight
- 2024-03-13
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Mission update
Vehicle lost attitude control after first stage motor nozzle thrust vector control (TVC) failure at T+80s.
Launch site & orbit
Spaceport Kii, Japan
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