Watch this footage of a Japanese rocket exploding in dramatic fashion on Wednesday just seconds after getting airborne.
A Japanese rocket exploded just seconds after launching on its maiden flight on Wednesday. The vehicle was uncrewed and no one was hurt in the incident.
Footage of the launch, which was supposed to deploy a government test satellite, shows the 18-meter-tall Kairos rocket erupting into a huge fireball just five seconds after getting airborne. Burning debris falling to the ground also caused a blaze back at the launch site. Recommended Videos BREAKING: Space One rocket explodes during launch from southern Japan pic.twitter.com/8IWiu2bRKa Related The rocket’s maker, Tokyo-based Space One, said in a statement: “The launch of the first Kairos rocket was executed, but we took a measure to abort the flight.” However, details of what prompted it to take such drastic action have yet to be revealed.
Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning “the right moment,” but the mission proved anything but for the disappointed team. A successful mission would have seen Space One become the first private Japanese company to deploy a satellite in orbit. The failure is a setback for Japan’s efforts to enter the commercial satellite launch market in which SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and others are enjoying growing success.
It hasn’t all been bad news for the country’s space efforts. In February, for example, Japan’s space agency, JAXA, successfully launched its flagship H3 rocket, though admittedly, the route to flight was anything but smooth. A month earlier, it managed to get a spacecraft onto the moon, becoming only the fifth country to achieve a soft landing there.
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