Two launch failures: Japan’s new KAIROS rocket has not-unexpected maiden failure but unusual one for China’s Long March 2C (corrected)

Two launch failures: Japan’s new KAIROS rocket has not-unexpected maiden failure but unusual one for China’s Long March 2C (corrected)

At 0201 GMT on 13 March 2024, the maiden flight from the Kii Space Port, Japan, of the Japanese commercial KAIROS (Kii-based Advanced and Instant ROcket System) launch vehicle carrying a dummy satellite ended in failure after only five seconds of flight.  The solid...
H3 rocket fails on maiden flight losing ALOS 3 into sea after second stage does not ignite…as Iran’s Qaem 100 has launch failure (Updated)

H3 rocket fails on maiden flight losing ALOS 3 into sea after second stage does not ignite…as Iran’s Qaem 100 has launch failure (Updated)

Japan faces a setback in its ambitions to compete commercially with its new H3 expendable rocket after the H3-22S failed on its first flight due to second stage failure. The solid rocket boosters and the liquid propellent first stage appeared to work well as did the...