Launch vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff, details TBD
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Maiden Flight
Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System
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Launch Failure
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LAUNCH SITESpaceport Kii, Japan
Mission
Carried a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, operator of the IGS series of Japanese spysats.
- 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
Recorded timing
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16 minute windowPublished target
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Mission update
Vehicle disintegrated several seconds after liftoff with Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) triggered.
Launch site & orbit
Spaceport Kii, Japan
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