BREAKING! SpaceOne Kairos-3 Launch from Japan Breaks Up In Flight [3:10]

YouTube ^ | March 4, 2026 | The Launch Pad

[SunkenCiv]

Watch as Space One launches Kairos for the 3rd time; sadly the mission ended in failure following an anomaly and break up during the first stage of flight. 

BREAKING! SpaceOne Kairos-3 Launch from Japan Breaks Up In Flight | 3:10 
The Launch Pad | 724K subscribers | 5,847 views | March 4, 2026

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[SunkenCiv]

The Launch Pad

[SunkenCiv]

Bummer.

[Celtic Conservative]

Space travel is hard.

CC

[SmokingJoe]

As is rocket science.

[Dead Corpse]

It wasn’t manned was it? Loss of hardware is one thing, loss of life is worse.

[fidelis]

Back to the drawing board...

[SunkenCiv]

Just a satellite.

[Dead Corpse]

Good to hear... even for folks who are technically a competitor.

Heck, I don’t even want Russian or Chinese astronauts to die on their way up.

Space, is big enough for us all. Literally.

[citizen]

ruh roh

There’s all the old films of rocket failures. One, rather short & fat, ascends about 3 feet then goes BOOM.

[Secret Agent Man]

Loss of unique expensive hardware, 3 times now

[Oscar in Batangas]

Looks like the Japanese could use a little help with that “Max-Q” issue.

[rottndog]

Unfortunate, but failure is an integral part of success in such endeavors. If anyone can get it right, Japan will.

[SunkenCiv]

A good, non-politically-correct comedy about the new space race could have a space program in Mexico try to launch, and after a minute it would blow up and candy would come raining down.

[dfwgator]

And then there's North Korea

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Triple bummer.

Can’t they DEI this thing inyo space. I mean, diversity is our strength. Put a tranny in charge. No ability needed.