A Japanese venture firm has failed to launch a small rocket for the second time. It attributed the failure to a malfunction of a nozzle where combustion gas comes out of. Space One's second Kairos ...
A space rocket built by a Japanese startup ... JAXA's next-generation H3 launch system had experienced multiple failed take-off attempts before a successful blast-off in February.
A startup aiming to become Japan's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit said Wednesday that a second launch attempt for its Kairos rocket was terminated shortly after lift-off.
Credit: Space One webcast WASHINGTON — The second flight of a Japanese small launch vehicle failed when the vehicle lost control a couple minutes after its Dec. 17 liftoff. The Kairos rocket ...
JAXA's larger liquid-propellant rocket H3 also failed at its inaugural launch in March 2023 but has succeeded in three flights this year, winning orders from clients such as French satellite giant ...