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Japanese startup Space One's 2nd rocket launch failure

KUSHIMOTO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Masakazu Toyoda, president of Space One Co., attends a press conference in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024, after its second failed attempt to become the first Japanese private firm to send a satellite into orbit, when its rocket self-destructed after launch the same day. (Kyodo)

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Japanese startup Space One's 2nd rocket launch failure

KUSHIMOTO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Masakazu Toyoda, president of Space One Co., attends a press conference in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024, after its second failed attempt to become the first Japanese private firm to send a satellite into orbit, when its rocket self-destructed after launch the same day. (Kyodo)

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Japanese startup Space One's 2nd rocket launch failure

Masakazu Toyoda, president of Space One Co., attends a press conference in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024, after its second failed attempt to become the first Japanese private firm to send a satellite into orbit, when its rocket self-destructed after launch the same day.

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Japanese startup Space One's 2nd rocket launch failure

Masakazu Toyoda, president of Space One Co., attends a press conference in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024, after its second failed attempt to become the first Japanese private firm to send a satellite into orbit, when its rocket self-destructed after launch the same day.

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Japan: Space One Fails To Launch ‘Kairos’ Rocket For 2nd Time 4

Tokyo-based startup Space One lifted off its solid-fuel rocket 'Kairos No. 2' from Space Port Kii in Wakayama Prefecture on Wednesday, December 18, but announced that the second launch attempt failed mid-flight.

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Japan: Space One Fails To Launch ‘Kairos’ Rocket For 2nd Time 2

Tokyo-based startup Space One lifted off its solid-fuel rocket 'Kairos No. 2' from Space Port Kii in Wakayama Prefecture on Wednesday, December 18, but announced that the second launch attempt failed mid-flight.

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Japan: Space One Fails To Launch ‘Kairos’ Rocket For 2nd Time 3

Tokyo-based startup Space One lifted off its solid-fuel rocket 'Kairos No. 2' from Space Port Kii in Wakayama Prefecture on Wednesday, December 18, but announced that the second launch attempt failed mid-flight.

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Japan: Space One Fails To Launch ‘Kairos’ Rocket For 2nd Time

Tokyo-based startup Space One lifted off its solid-fuel rocket 'Kairos No. 2' from Space Port Kii in Wakayama Prefecture on Wednesday, December 18, but announced that the second launch attempt failed mid-flight.

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Zelenskyy Visits Fronline Troops - Zaporizhzhia

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (2nd R) visiting one of the divisions of the 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade named after Petro Kalnyshevskyi in the Zaporizhzhia region,December 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelenskyy Visits Fronline Troops - Zaporizhzhia

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (2nd R) visiting one of the divisions of the 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade named after Petro Kalnyshevskyi in the Zaporizhzhia region,December 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 15, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (2nd l) and Hayley Arceneaux here with Elon Musk into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 11, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (2nd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 11, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (2nd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Allows Ukraine To Strike Inside Russia With Missiles

Handout photo dated July 5, 2017 shows a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea. US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia. For months, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been urging that the restrictions on the missiles, known as ATACMS, be lifted, allowing Kyiv to strike outside its own borders. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Allows Ukraine To Strike Inside Russia With Missiles

Handout photo dated July 5, 2017 shows a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea. US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia. For months, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been urging that the restrictions on the missiles, known as ATACMS, be lifted, allowing Kyiv to strike outside its own borders. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Declares 48-Hour State Of Emergency

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (2nd R) are pictured at a military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 25, 2024. Gallant on Sunday declared a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency from 06:00 am (0300 GMT) Sunday after the Israeli military launched what it called pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon. Lebanon-based Hezbollah announced on Sunday large-scale rocket and drone launches towards Israel in an "initial response" to a top commander's killing, after Israel's military said it was carrying out a series of pre-emptive strikes against the group. Photo by Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Range Atacms Already Hitting Russian Forces In Ukraine

Handout photo dated July 5, 2017 shows a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea. Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid package for Ukraine, not the one just approved by Congress and signed by Joe Biden. “We did not announce this at the onset in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request.” Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Range Atacms Already Hitting Russian Forces In Ukraine

Handout photo dated July 5, 2017 shows a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea. Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid package for Ukraine, not the one just approved by Congress and signed by Joe Biden. “We did not announce this at the onset in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request.” Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 23, 2023 shows Lance Cpl. Alejandro Pelayotafolla, from Ephrata, Washington, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads a high-explosive rocket onto an AH-1Z Cobra helicopter from Marine Medium Titltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in preparation of a combined joint live-fire exercise during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Cavenaile via ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Considers Supplying ATACMS Missiles To Ukraine

Handout photo shows Aa M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea, July 5, 2017. The launch demonstrated the deep. President Biden signaled his openness Wednesday to sending Ukraine long-range missiles following the completion of a two-day summit of NATO leaders in the Baltic state of Lithuania. With a range of roughly 190 miles, MGM-140 ATACMS are capable of striking both Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow has occupied since 2014. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House Considers Supplying ATACMS Missiles To Ukraine

Handout photo shows Aa M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea, July 5, 2017. The launch demonstrated the deep. President Biden signaled his openness Wednesday to sending Ukraine long-range missiles following the completion of a two-day summit of NATO leaders in the Baltic state of Lithuania. With a range of roughly 190 miles, MGM-140 ATACMS are capable of striking both Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow has occupied since 2014. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNSC condemns N. Korea launch in presidential statement

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito (C in front) and Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu (R in 2nd row) listen during a U.N. Security Council meeting on North Korea's rocket launch at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 13.

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Japan preps for N. Korean rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (facing, 2nd from L) speaks to members of the Self-Defense Forces on Dec. 7, 2012, in front of a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor deployed on the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. Japan stepped up preparations the same day for a long-range rocket that North Korea has said it will launch sometime during a 13-day period from Dec. 10, ordering the destruction of the projectile should any part of it threaten to fall on Japanese territory.

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Japan's H-2A rocket fails to release 2nd satellite

UCHINOURA, Japan - Junichiro Kagaguchi (R), professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, speaks to reporters in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 3 about the failure by Japan's second H-2A rocket to release one of two test satellites after its successful blastoff from the National Space Development Agency of Japan's Tanegashima Space Center in the prefecture.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-TECHNICIAN-INITIATING EXPLOSIVE DEVICE-WENTIAN (CN)

(220727) -- CHENGDU, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows Yang Yinyu (2nd L) working at a workshop in 1980s. Yang Yinyu is a special-class technician and senior engineer at Sichuan Aerospace Chuannan Initiating Explosive Technology Limited. The work of Yang and his team includes the production of initiating explosive devices of various types. These devices play a crucial role in the process from rocket ignition and booster separation to fairing throw-off and separation of capsule and rocket. The initiating explosive devices produced by Yang and his company function in the launch mission of the Wentian lab module carried by a Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket. (Xinhua)

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Japanese private team to launch lunar probe vehicle in 2016

Tohoku University professor Kazuya Yoshida (2nd from L) and other members of a Japanese private-sector team announce a plan in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2015, to launch a lunar probe vehicle on a U.S. rocket in the second half of 2016 in a moon exploration competition sponsored by Google Inc. A prototype vehicle is on display in front of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNSC condemns N. Korea launch in presidential statement

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito (C in front) and Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu (R in 2nd row) listen during a U.N. Security Council meeting on North Korea's rocket launch at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 13. (Kyodo)

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Japan's H-2A rocket fails to release 2nd satellite

UCHINOURA, Japan - Junichiro Kagaguchi (R), professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, speaks to reporters in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 3 about the failure by Japan's second H-2A rocket to release one of two test satellites after its successful blastoff from the National Space Development Agency of Japan's Tanegashima Space Center in the prefecture.