Japanese company aborts second satellite launch after take-off
The Kairos No 2 rocket is launched from Space Port Kii in Kushimoto town, western Japan. Picture: Kyodo News/AP
A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after lift-off, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended in an explosion.
Space One’s Kairos No 2 rocket lifted off from a site in the mountainous prefecture of Wakayama in central Japan.
