Maiden Flight
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:01:12
Wednesday March 13, 2024
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Vehicle disintegrated several seconds after liftoff with Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) triggered, due to rocket being under-thrust & under-speed with respect to the flight plan, in turn caused by error in prediction of the fuel burning rate of the 1st stage motor. Maiden flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle by the Japanese company Space One.
Maiden Flight
Carried a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, operator of the IGS series of Japanese spysats.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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KAIROS
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2024
2024
48th
Orbital launch attempt