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KAIROS: Flight 2

Second flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites for testing various technologies will be on board: * TATARA-1 * PARUS-T1A * SC-Sat1 * ISHIKI

Failure:Vehicle lost attitude control after first stage motor nozzle thrust vector control (TVC) failure at T+80s.
Wednesday, 18 December 202402:00 UTC
KAIROS: Flight 2

Mission Data

Space One
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Space OneEst. 2018
Launch VehicleKii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System
Vehicle Record0 of 3 launches (0%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record0 successes / 3 failures (0%)
Mission TypeTest Flight
Target OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch PadSpace One Launch Pad
LocationπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Spaceport Kii, Japan JPN
Orbital Launches This Year#249
Agency Launches This Year#2
Launches From This Pad3
Launches From This Site3
Status Note

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

About 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.

Launch updates

  1. Launch failure; Vehicle apparently lost attitude control around the time of 1st stage separation.

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  2. Liftoff.

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  4. Rescheduled for December 18.

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  5. Scrubbed for the day.

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  6. Confirmed launch rescheduled to December 15.

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  7. Scrubbed for the day.

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  8. Launch time is accurate to the second.

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  9. Adding launch window.

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  10. NET December 14.

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Launch Site

Space One Launch Pad Β· 33.5442Β°N 135.8895Β°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.