A Japanese rocket by startup Space One has exploded in spectacular fashion following a launch attempt earlier today. It's yet another major setback for the company, which was hoping to become Japan's first commercial entity to launch a satellite into orbit.
A Japanese rocket by startup Space One has exploded in spectacular fashion following a launch attempt earlier today. It's yet another major setback for the company, which was hoping to become Japan's first commercial entity to launch a satellite into orbit, the Drone footage shows the dramatic scene. At first, everything appears to go fine as the solid-fuel rocket dubbed Kairos lights its engines.
But it doesn't take long for the rocket to seemingly veer off path, erupting into a massive cloud of smoke just seconds later, causing major pieces of debris to rain down on the launch pad and engulf parts of the facility and a neighboring forest in flames. Kairos, an eighteen meter four-stage solid-fuel rocket made by Japan's Space One, exploded seconds after lifting off on its inaugural launch At a news conference following the attempt, Space One director Mamoru Endo revealed that the rocket automatically self-destructed after detecting an abnormalit
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