Japan's small rockets No. 1 and No. 2 have both failed, and the No. 3 rocket also failed in its launch
According to Kyodo News, on March 5th morning, the Japanese space company "SPACE ONE" announced that on the same day, it launched the small rocket "KAIROS" No. 3 at the civilian rocket launch site "Space Port Kii" in Kishiwada City, Wakayama Prefecture. However, after the launch, the flight was quickly terminated, and the launch was declared a failure.
The small rocket "KAIROS" No. 1 was launched on March 13, 2024. About 5 seconds after takeoff, due to insufficient thrust of the first stage, the autonomous flight termination system was triggered, and the rocket exploded and disintegrated; No. 1 was launched again on December 18, 2024, and about 3 minutes into the flight, due to a fault in the first stage, the attitude became unstable, and the self-destruct command was executed. The flight altitude reached about 100 kilometers but still failed; No. 3 was launched on March 4, 2026, at 11:00 local time (10:00 Beijing time) from the Kii Space Launch Site in Wakayama Prefecture. However, the launch was aborted when the safety system was activated 30 seconds before the countdown, and the rocket did not actually take off. Today's launch failed again.
It seems that Japan's aerospace technology is not as "advanced" as one might think, and it appears to be less advanced than India's.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858803908304967/
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