Posted on 03/13/2024 8:24:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket exploded Wednesday during its first-ever launch.
Kairos was supposed to be the first rocket launched by a Japanese company to deliver its payload, a fallback government intelligence satellite, into Earth’s orbit, according to Reuters. Just seconds after lifting off at 11:01 am local-time, the rocket burst alive in a fiery explosion, fragments spewing into the launch site’s surrounding mountains of the Kii peninsula in western Japan, as seen from multiple angles shared across social media.
In some of the videos you can clearly hear alarm bells ringing as everything seems to go wrong. The 18-meter (59 ft) solid-fuel was apparently “interrupted” during its launch. No further information was shared on what caused the explosion, only that the situation is currently being investigated.
VIDEOS AT LINK....................
No injuries or deaths were reported as a result of the mishap. Fires that broke out from the wreckage were all extinguished promptly, local Gov. Shuhei Kishimoto told reporters. This is not the first issue to occur with the launch of the intelligence satellite. Space One was set to launch Kairos on Saturday but a ship entered a restricted area off the nearby coast, prompting a postponement of Monday’s botched attempt. The company is still hoping to be able to continue its development as a “space courier service” for domestic and international clientele, hoping to launch as many as 20 rockets by the latter half of the 2020s.
I am opposed to misfunctions.
it is unbelievable how often rockets still explode!
Makes you wonder what would happen in a real nuclear war... I am guessing 20% of nukes would explode on takeoff showering their own countries with nuclear fallout.
Every link I follow to YouTube is taking me to a minimum 2 minute long commercial that I can’t skip. WTH?
Not just your link, but others as well…
Dumped my cache. Must’ve been a bad cookie….👍
“Significant that this launch vehicle is entirely solid propellant.”
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They do so because they were in charge and proper behavior, in Japanese culture, demands it.
We need that attitude here where "public servants" act like our masters, never accept responsibility and too often take credit for others achievements.
Just like the Minuteman III and the Trident D5 ...
All excellent obs.
Here is the British Top Gear flight.
https://youtu.be/pJdrlWR-yFM?t=438
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