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Karios was carrying a small government test satellite but as it took off a huge plume of smoke engulfed the area and flames appeared

Online video showed the Kairos rocket blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture.

Space One's Kairos exploded midair within seconds of its launch. The rocket was carrying a government satellite intended to temporarily replace intelligence satellites.

Space mission to put satellite into orbit fails

A commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit was intentionally exploded shortly after liftoff Wednesday morning in central Japan following a problem that's still under investigation.

An attempt by a Tokyo-based rocket launch service provider to become the first private Japanese company to send a satellite into orbit ended in catastrophe after a previous launch schedule was postponed.

A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after launch on Wednesday, in a spectacular failure for the startup's bid to put a satellite into...

Kairos carried an experimental satellite that can temporarily replace satellites in orbit

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has reached orbit and released two small observation satellites in a key second test following a failed debut launch last year, buoying hope for the country in the global space race. The H3 rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on time Saturday morning, two days after […]

"The H3 finally gave its first cry. The launch was a perfect success."