Source: United Press International
“The Japanese company Space One failed for a second time Wednesday to launch its Kairos rocket when it went out of control about two minutes into the flight. The rocket’s first-stage nozzle malfunctioned about 80 seconds into the flight at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday local time from Space Port Kii in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, and automatically self-destructed during the launch that had already been postponed twice by weather conditions. Space One is attempting to be the first private company in Japan to put satellites into orbit and the company’s president, Masakzu Toyoda, made a press conference apology to the company’s clients for ‘being unable to’ reach that goal.” (12/18/24)