{"id":49222,"date":"2024-03-13T16:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abnews.com.au\/?p=49222"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:53:49","slug":"japan-space-rocket-explodes-seconds-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/?p=49222","title":{"rendered":"Japan space rocket explodes seconds after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after launch on Wednesday, in a spectacular failure for the start-up&#8217;s bid to put a satellite into orbit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tokyo-based Space One&#8217;s 18-metre (60-foot) Kairos rocket blasted off in the coastal Wakayama region of western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite.<\/p>\n<p>But around five seconds later, the solid-fuel rocket erupted in fire, sending white smoke billowing around the remote mountainous area as orange flames raged on the ground, live footage showed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The launch of the first Kairos rocket was executed, but we took a measure to abort the flight,&#8221; Space One said in a statement, adding that &#8220;details are being investigated&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Burning debris fell onto the surrounding slopes as sprinklers began spraying water in dramatic scenes watched by hundreds of spectators young and old gathered at public viewing areas including a nearby waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had high hopes for this, so I&#8217;m disappointed. I want to know what happened,&#8221; one elderly man told public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n<p>The fiery failure marks a blow to Japan&#8217;s efforts to enter the potentially lucrative satellite-launch market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after launch on Wednesday, in a spectacular failure for the start-up&#8217;s bid to put a satellite into orbit. Tokyo-based Space One&#8217;s 18-metre (60-foot) Kairos rocket blasted off in the coastal Wakayama region of western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite. But around five seconds later, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[787],"class_list":["post-49222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-japan-space-rocket-explodes-seconds-after-launch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}