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Flight 2

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Space One Launch Pad Spaceport Kii, Japan

Second flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites for testing various technologies will be on board: * TATARA-1 * PARUS-T1A * SC-Sat1 * ISHIKI

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 18, 2024, 2:20 a.m.

Launch failure; Vehicle apparently lost attitude control around the time of 1st stage separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 18, 2024, 2 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Dec. 18, 2024, 1:32 a.m.

Official Webcast by 和歌山県庁成長産業推進課 has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 16, 2024, 4:22 a.m.

Rescheduled for December 18.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 15, 2024, 1:36 a.m.

Scrubbed for the day.


KAIROS

Family:
Configuration:

4-stage all solid fuel small satellite launch vehicle from the Japanese company Space One, founded in 2018 by Canon Electronics, IHI Aerospace, construction company Shimizu and the government-backed Development Bank of Japan.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    18.0 m
  • Diameter
    1.35 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    1.5 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    KAIROS
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $9000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    250.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    150.0 kg

Space One

Space One

(Space One)

Founded: 2018 Successes: 0 Failures: 2 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Space One is a private launch service provider founded in 2018 by Canon Electronics, IHI Aerospace, construction company Shimizu and the government-backed Development Bank of Japan. Their KAIROS launch vehicle is planned for use to launch small satellites

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