A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after its launch, marking a significant blow to Japan’s aspirations in space exploration.
A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after its launch, marking a significant blow to Japan’s aspirations in space exploration . The Kairos rocket, made by the Tokyo-based company called Space One, began its maiden voyage on Wednesday in the Wakayama region of western Japan. The lift-off took place at 11:01 a.m. in the mountainous Kii Peninsula in Kushimoto.
But shortly after it blasted off from the launch pad, the 59-foot-tall spacecraft exploded in flames and sent debris falling into the mountainous area and sea below. A successful launch would have made Space One the first Japanese player in the private sector to put a satellite into orbit.“We are taking what happened in a positive way and remain prepared to take up the next challenge,” the company’s president, Masakazu Toyoda, The ill-fated Kairos rocket was carrying an experimental government-made satellite that was meant to temporarily replace intelligence satellites if they fell out of orbit. Space One initially said that the flight had been intentionally terminate
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