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Flight 3

Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System

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LAUNCH SITESpaceport Kii, Japan

Mission

Third flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites will be on board: * TATARA-1R * SC-Sat1a * HErO * AETS-1 * Nutsat-3 (TASA/Taiwan)

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.

Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System
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
3
First flight
2024-03-13

Recorded timing

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Target ·

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Mission update

AFTS activated at T+68.8 seconds, cause under investigation with possibility of mis-activation.

Flight timeline

Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.

  1. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  2. T+00:02:20

    Stage 2 Separation

  3. T+00:02:44

    Fairing Separation

  4. T+00:04:39

    Stage 3 Separation

  5. T+00:07:50

    Kick Stage Separation

  6. T+00:53:35

    Payload Deployment Sequence Start

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  1. T+00:54:01

    Payload Deployment Sequence End

Launch site & orbit

Spaceport Kii, Japan

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Launch site & orbit

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