Kairos

Space One’s Kairos rocket has not yet achieved a successful orbital launch.

Kairos’s maiden launch in March 2024 ended in an explosion seconds after liftoff, and its second and third attempts also failed.

Space One provided no technical reason for terminating the Kairos flight beyond determining that success was difficult.

Kairos is the first rocket developed by Space One.

The first Kairos launch attempt in March 2024 ended in an explosion seconds after liftoff due to a thrust prediction error.

Space One’s Kairos rocket logged its third consecutive launch failure.

Kairos carried five payloads on the failed flight, including satellites from Tokyo-based ArkEdge Space and the Taiwan Space Agency.

Kairos consists of three solid-fuel stages topped by a liquid-propulsion upper stage.

Space One terminated the Kairos launch approximately 69 seconds into flight on Wednesday.

Space One aborted the Kairos flight 69 seconds after liftoff at 11:10 local time.

Kairos is 18 meters tall and has a mass of 23 tonnes.

A December 2024 Kairos launch failed due to an attitude-control problem.

Space One has recorded three consecutive failed Kairos launches in its effort to become the first private company to place a commercial satellite into orbit from Japan.

The Kairos rocket developed by Space One failed on 5 March when its third launch attempt from the Kii base in Kushimoto, Japan was unsuccessful.

All payloads on board Kairos were lost when the rocket tore apart during its tumble back to Earth.

The Kairos vehicle on the failed flight was carrying five satellites, including one from the Taiwan Agency of Space Administration (TASA) and one from ArkEdge Space, planned for deployment at an altitude of 500 kilometers.

Kairos can place up to 150 kilograms of payload into sun-synchronous orbit.

The launch termination occurred before the Kairos rocket reached the fairing separation stage.