nternational Desk News :: This frame grab taken from AFPTV via online footage broadcast by Wakayama Telecasting Corp. (WTV) on March 13, 2024 shows a small rocket being launched by Tokyo-based startup Space One, at the Spaceport Kili site in Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture. The rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on March 13, with television footage showing images of the fiery failure. \u2013 AFP photo.<\/p>\n
A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday, with public broadcaster NHK showing footage of the fiery failure.<\/p>\n
Tokyo-based startup Space One had been aiming to become the first Japanese private firm to successfully place a satellite into orbit.<\/p>\n
Its 18-meter (60-foot) solid-fuel Kairos rocket blasted off from the startup\u2019s own launch pad in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite.<\/p>\n
But seconds after the launch, the rocket erupted into a ball of flame, with black smoke filling the launch pad area.<\/p>\n
Burning debris was seen falling onto the surrounding mountain slopes as sprinklers began spraying water.<\/p>\n
\u2018The launch of the first Kairos rocket was executed, but we took a measure to abort the flight,\u2019 Space One said in a statement, adding that \u2018details are being investigated\u2019.<\/p>\n
The failure marks a blow to Japan\u2019s efforts to enter the potentially lucrative satellite-launch market.<\/p>\n
The government wants to assess if it can quickly launch temporary, small satellites when and if its existing spy satellites malfunction.<\/p>\n
Kairos had been hoped to put the satellite into the orbit around 51 minutes after the launch.<\/p>\n
Space One was established in 2018 by a team of major Japanese tech businesses, including Canon Electronics, IHI Aerospace, construction firm Shimizu and the government-owned Development Bank of Japan.<\/p>\n
Last July another Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test around 50 seconds after ignition.<\/p>\n
The solid-fuel Epsilon S was an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that had failed to launch the previous October.<\/p>\n
Its testing site in the northern prefecture of Akita was engulfed in flames and a huge plume of grey smoke rose into the sky.<\/p>\n
The malfunction came after Tokyo in March 2023 had seen its second attempt to launch its next-generation H3 rocket fail after liftoff.<\/p>\n
Last month though Japan\u2019s space agency toasted a successful blast-off for its new flagship rocket, the H3, after years of delays and two previous failed attempts.<\/p>\n
The H3 launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, sparking cheers and applause at JAXA control centre.<\/p>\n
It has been mooted as a rival to SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9, and could one day deliver cargo to bases on the Moon.<\/p>\n
That followed Japan\u2019s successful landing in January of an unmanned probe on the Moon — albeit at a wonky angle — making it just the fifth country to achieve a \u2018soft landing\u2019 on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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