Is the satellite name 短期打上型小衛星 (Tenshi Uchiage Gata Shou Eisei, Short-Term Launch Type Small Satellite)?
The Chinese phrase 短期打上型小衛星 (qiánqiān dǎ shàng xíng xiǎo wèixìng) literally translates to "short-term launch type small satellite." In English, this phrase could be translated as "quick-launch small satellite."The Chinese phrase 短期 (qiánqiān) means "short-term," 打上 (dǎ shàng) means "to launch," 型 (xíng) means "type," 小 (xiǎo) means "small," and 衛星 (wèixìng) means "satellite."This phrase is often used to refer to small satellites that are designed to be launched quickly and inexpensively. These satellites are often used for research or educational purposes.
Space One's maiden flight - Japan’s first private-sector orbital launch - is set to occur within a one-hour window on Saturday, March 9 at 11:01 AM JST (02:01 UTC) from the Space One launch pad.Martin Smith with the details:
LINK to NSF ARTICLE: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/03/space-one-kairos/
Payload is indeed (as speculated earlier in the other thread) a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, who also operates the IGS series: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/houdou/pdf/241026sate.pdf
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 01/26/2024 07:52 amPayload is indeed (as speculated earlier in the other thread) a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, who also operates the IGS series: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/houdou/pdf/241026sate.pdfAny guess who built the payload? MELCO like the IGS sats?
Quote from: jcm on 03/08/2024 10:45 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 01/26/2024 07:52 amPayload is indeed (as speculated earlier in the other thread) a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, who also operates the IGS series: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/houdou/pdf/241026sate.pdfAny guess who built the payload? MELCO like the IGS sats?According to a document summarizing the contract for the “short-term launch small satellite system,”Satellite system is AES Corporationhttp://www.aes.co.jp/The ground system is Skyperfect JSAT.https://orbitseals.blogspot.com/2020/08/1japan-csice-satellite-rocket.html"Short-term launch small satellite system" is also mentioned in the Cabinet Office Space Policy Committee materials, and before the official announcement, Grid estimated on OSINT that it would be launched on KAIROS LV.
Quote from: LH2NHI on 03/08/2024 11:38 pmQuote from: jcm on 03/08/2024 10:45 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 01/26/2024 07:52 amPayload is indeed (as speculated earlier in the other thread) a prototype "quick response" satellite for the Japanese government Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, who also operates the IGS series: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/houdou/pdf/241026sate.pdfAny guess who built the payload? MELCO like the IGS sats?According to a document summarizing the contract for the “short-term launch small satellite system,”Satellite system is AES Corporationhttp://www.aes.co.jp/The ground system is Skyperfect JSAT.https://orbitseals.blogspot.com/2020/08/1japan-csice-satellite-rocket.html"Short-term launch small satellite system" is also mentioned in the Cabinet Office Space Policy Committee materials, and before the official announcement, Grid estimated on OSINT that it would be launched on KAIROS LV.Interesting. AES's only previous satellite was the 50 kg SOCRATES launched for the Kashima lab.
Official confirmation that next attempt will be on March 13: https://twitter.com/ihi_ad/status/1767103588067889631
Liftoff and RUD!
First two frames of explosion:
Quote from: mlindner on 03/13/2024 01:05 amFirst two frames of explosion:Was that at the interstage?
Quote from: lightleviathan on 03/13/2024 01:06 amQuote from: mlindner on 03/13/2024 01:05 amFirst two frames of explosion:Was that at the interstage?Yeah, the explosion seems to have originated from the interstage between 1st and the 2nd stage
People are back at the launch pad already?!?
If it appeared to originate near the S1/S2 interstage, my money is on failure of the forward dome of the stage 1 solid motor, "popping the case" so to speak. Solids having a bit of trouble nowadays, it seems.
Quote from: Jrcraft on 03/13/2024 01:15 amIf it appeared to originate near the S1/S2 interstage, my money is on failure of the forward dome of the stage 1 solid motor, "popping the case" so to speak. Solids having a bit of trouble nowadays, it seems.The AFTS accidentally triggering might also be a cause.
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Satellite got thrown out intact after the LV disintegrated: https://twitter.com/koumeishibata/status/1767762940915237357
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t looks to me as if the majority of the launch vehicle ended up west of the pad, but it was supposed to head south. It's plausible this was an automatic flight termination.
But I think it's more likely the forward bulkhead in the first stage just burst and the first stage booster venting exhaust from both ends didn't fall straight down.
Looks like the forward dome of the first stage either failed or was blown, much the way an FTS would trigger, allowing pressure to escape from both ends of the first stage solid fuel barrel section and preventing continuing thrust.
I hadn't noticed that there was a helicopter hanging out watching the launch:
Goodness me! There was a Japanese news chopper filming at what doesn't seem like the safest of distances.
I'm fairly confident he said, "We will analyze the available data and after thorough review determine a root cause."No, I don't understand even a single word of Japanese. I got all that from tone of voice.
Rough translation of the beginningAll debris fell within the spaceport property and fires have been extinguished, with no injuries.At +5 sec, the flight was determined to be impossible to succeed (unclear if this is ATFS or human intervention)
Space One won't use the word "Failure" as an internal business culture reason, only if the mission is completed or how many mission steps have been completed (Note previous discussion says they cleared mission 4 step 1, liftoff and didn't get to step 2)
Quote from: sdsds on 03/13/2024 04:59 amI'm fairly confident he said, "We will analyze the available data and after thorough review determine a root cause."No, I don't understand even a single word of Japanese. I got all that from tone of voice.If a transcript is generated I can Translate it.
We now know that the AFTS did trigger. It appears to me that the rocket was flying under control up until the moment AFTS fired. There may have been a hidden internal failure that triggered the destruct, but I agree that an accidental firing is right up there on the list of possibilities for this one.
Quote from: edkyle99 on 03/13/2024 12:37 pmWe now know that the AFTS did trigger. It appears to me that the rocket was flying under control up until the moment AFTS fired. There may have been a hidden internal failure that triggered the destruct, but I agree that an accidental firing is right up there on the list of possibilities for this one.What I'm not clear about is whether the AFTS triggered because of a vehicle failure, e.g., the forward dome failing, or if the AFTS triggered accidentally.
