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Launch FailureSpace One
KAIROS: Maiden Flight
Carried a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, operator of the IGS series of Japanese spysats.
Failure:Vehicle disintegrated several seconds after liftoff with Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) triggered.
Wednesday, 13 March 202402:01 UTC
Mission Data
🇯🇵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
Location🇯🇵 Spaceport Kii, Japan JPN
Orbital Launches This Year#48
Agency Launches This Year#1
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 Site
Space One Launch Pad · 33.5442°N 135.8895°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.