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Space One (Space One)

March 13, 2024

Description

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.

Specifications

Stages
4
Length
18.0 m
Diameter
1.35 m
Fairing Diameter
1.5 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
―

Family

Name
KAIROS
Family
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Variant
―
Alias
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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

Commercial

None

Space One 2018

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

Upcoming Spaceflights

KAIROS | Flight 2

Space One | Japan
Space Port Kii, Japan
TBD December, 2024

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Second flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. Payload is TBD.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

KAIROS | Maiden Flight

Space One | Japan
Space Port Kii, Japan
March 13, 2024, 2:01 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

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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Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 9 hours ago

Starlink Group 9-6

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 2 hours ago

BlueBird Block 1

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.

Soyuz 2.1a

Success

3 days, 19 hours ago

Soyuz MS-26

31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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Falcon 9

Success

5 days, 2 hours ago

Polaris Dawn

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dra…

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 2 days ago

NROL-113

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…