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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

The rocket "Tamouh-3" explodes during launch in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

The rocket "Tamouh-3" explodes during launch in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

Members of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team prepare for the launch of the rocket "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

Members of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team prepare for the launch of the rocket "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

A member of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team is seen after the launch failure of a rocket named "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

Members of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team prepare for the launch of the rocket "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The video shows the aftermath left by the typhoon in Cigu District, Tainan.

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Space One rocket lifts off from private-sector launch pad

KUSHIMOTO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - The Kairos No. 2 rocket of Japanese startup Space One Co. soars after its liftoff from Space Port Kii, Japan's first private-sector launch pad, in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024. The company's attempt to become the first private firm in the country to put a satellite into orbit failed, however, following its unsuccessful bid in March. (Kyodo)

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Japan startup Space One postpones rocket launch

KUSHIMOTO, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 14, 2024, shows the 18-meter-long solid-fuel Kairos No. 2 rocket at the commercial spaceport in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Space One Co., which aims to become the first Japanese firm to put a satellite into orbit, said the same day it had postponed the launch of the rocket due to strong winds.

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JAXA's Epsilon rocket engine catches fire

Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2024, shows a fire at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Epsilon small rocket engine test facility at Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket went up in flames the same day during a combustion test at the facility.

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JAXA's Epsilon rocket engine catches fire

Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2024, shows a fire at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Epsilon small rocket engine test facility at Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in the southern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket went up in flames the same day during a combustion test at the facility.

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US: Firefly Aerospace Launches Alpha Rocket From Vandenberg Space Force Base 2

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket on Wednesday, July 3, from Vandenberg Space Command Base in California, carrying eight NASA-sponsored small satellites called CubeSats on the 'Noise of Summer' mission.

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US: Firefly Aerospace Launches Alpha Rocket From Vandenberg Space Force Base 3

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket on Wednesday, July 3, from Vandenberg Space Command Base in California, carrying eight NASA-sponsored small satellites called CubeSats on the 'Noise of Summer' mission.

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US: Firefly Aerospace Launches Alpha Rocket From Vandenberg Space Force Base 4

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket on Wednesday, July 3, from Vandenberg Space Command Base in California, carrying eight NASA-sponsored small satellites called CubeSats on the 'Noise of Summer' mission.

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US: Firefly Aerospace Launches Alpha Rocket From Vandenberg Space Force Base

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket on Wednesday, July 3, from Vandenberg Space Command Base in California, carrying eight NASA-sponsored small satellites called CubeSats on the 'Noise of Summer' mission.

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Russia launches new hydrometeorological satellite

STORY: Russia launches new hydrometeorological satellite SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hydrometeorological satellite STORYLINE: Russia launched a new hydrometeorological satellite, Meteor-M No. 2-4, into space on Thursday from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region of the Far East, said Russian State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage that carried the satellite also delivered 18 small satellites from Russia and other countries to their target orbits. The satellite is designed to perform tasks related to hydrometeorological support, climate and environmental monitoring, study of the Earth's natural resources, control of the heliogeophysical situation in near-Earth space, as well as data collection and relay of signals from emergency beacons of the international satellite search and rescue system COSPAS-SARSAT. The satellite is equipped with an onboar

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Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy

STORY: Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flag-raising ceremony STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a flag-raising ceremony for three new warships that are set to join the country's navy, the Kremlin reported on Monday. The Admiral Golovko frigate will join Russia's Northern Fleet, while the Naro-Fominsk small-rocket ship and the Lev Chernavin minesweeper will serve in the country's Baltic Fleet, the Russian leader said during the ceremony he attended at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg. "The commissioning of the newest ships into the fleet demonstrates that the shipbuilding industry is thriving," the president said, adding that it is now engaged in successful mass production of different classes of warships. The Admiral Golovko, a serial-produced frigate, is armed with Kalibr cruise missiles and was created with some of the most

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Commercial CERES-1 Y9 rocket sends new satellites to twilight orbit

STORY: Commercial CERES-1 Y9 rocket sends new satellites to twilight orbit SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rocket's launch 2. various of the rocket STORYLINE: China on Tuesday launched a CERES-1 Y9 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending two new satellites to their planned orbits. The commercial rocket blasted off at 7:33 a.m. (Beijing Time). The launch was the 11th flight mission to use the CERES-1 rocket series. Developed by Beijing-based Galactic Energy, CERES-1 is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket designed to send micro-satellites to low orbit. The commercial rocket is 1.4 meters in diameter, and has a total length of about 20 meters and a takeoff weight of 33 tonnes. It can carry a payload of up to 300 kg to a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 km. With the capacity to carry both a single satellite and multipl

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China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y6 launches 2 satellites

STORY: China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y6 launches 2 satellites DATELINE: July 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:20 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of the rocket STORYLINE: China on Saturday launched the CERES-1 Y6 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The commercial rocket blasted off at 1:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending two commercial satellites, Qiankun-1 and Xingshidai-16, into the planned orbit. Developed by the Beijing-based high-tech company Galactic Energy, the CERES-1 is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket capable of sending micro-satellites into orbit. The launch was the sixth flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jiuquan, China. (XHTV)

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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes

A fire breaks out and smoke rises after an engine for an Epsilon S small rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 14, 2023.

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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes

A fire breaks out and smoke rises after an engine for an Epsilon S small rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 14, 2023.

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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes

A fire breaks out and smoke rises after an engine for an Epsilon S small rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 14, 2023.

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Russia launches Soyuz-2.1b rocket with 42 small satellites

STORY: Russia launches Soyuz-2.1b rocket with 42 small satellites DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of the rocket (Source: Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos) STORYLINE: Russia has launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Meteor-M weather satellite and 42 small spacecraft including three foreign satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome, Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said on Tuesday. The rocket was operating normally and was releasing the satellite and spacecraft to the projected orbit, Roscosmos said in a news release on its website. This is the ninth launch of Russia's carrier rocket in 2023 and the 63rd flight mission for the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

SAGAMIHARA, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017.

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Small satellite shown before launch on H-2A rocket

TOKYO, Japan - A microsatellite dubbed "Procyon" is shown to the press on Nov. 5, 2014, ahead of its launch together with the "Hayabusa 2" asteroid explorer on an H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30.

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Winged rocket

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Kyushu Institute of Technology's Space Systems Laboratory test-launches a small winged rocket in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2013.

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Winged rocket

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Kyushu Institute of Technology's Space Systems Laboratory test-launches a small winged rocket in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2013.

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Ikeido wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Ikeido smiles holding his book ''Shitamachi (Old Downtown) Rocket'' in Tokyo on July 14, 2011, after it was announced that he won the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers. Ikeido, a 48-year-old former bank employee, received the award for the novel about a small factory trying to win an order to manufacture a key component for a domestically produced rocket.

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Camui rocket undergoes flight test in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Preparations are underway for the small rocket system Camui in the town of Taiki, Hokkaido, on March 15. On March 16, the Camui underwent a flight experiment as part of joint research by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Hokkaido University for an ejector rocket engine.

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Japan launches satellite to study Earth's greenhouse gases

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The domestically built H-2A rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan 23. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's rocket carried the Ibuki satellite to study the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, as well as seven smaller satellites, including Maido No. 1 to observe the formation of thunder clouds which was developed mainly by nine small factories in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture.

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Japan launches satellite to study Earth's greenhouse gases

HIGASHIOSAKA, Japan - People involved in the development of the Maido No. 1 satellite were jubilant in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, as they watched the successful launch of the H-2A rocket carrying their small satellite, among others, that was developed in the city, on Jan. 23. The project to develop Maido No. 1 to observe the formation of thunder clouds has drawn attention since its launch in 2002, as a group of people including those at nine small factories in the local community were involved in the project.

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4 satellites developed by students, business unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - Four small satellites -- ''Prism'' (center front), ''KKS1'' (L), ''Kagayaki'' (rear) and ''Kukai'' (R) -- developed by students and private business operators for launch in January on Japan's H-2A rocket, are shown at a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency facility in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 22.

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Lightning satellite built by small businesses in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A lightning observation satellite built by a consortium of small businesses in Osaka on display in Higashi Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 25. The cube-shaped SOHLA-1 satellite, which measures 50 centimeters on each side, is scheduled to be launched aboard a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency rocket this fiscal year and will be used to study lightning phenomena on Earth. The consortium was set up in 2002 by nine small high-tech businesses mainly based in Higashi Osaka.

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008.

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Entrepreneur trying to develop small space rocket

AKABIRA, Japan - A Camui hybrid rocket engine combustion experiment is carried out at Uematsu Electric Co. in the city of Akabira, Hokkaido, in late July.

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China launches CERES-1 Y4 commercial rocket with five satellites

STORY: China launches CERES-1 Y4 commercial rocket with five satellites DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of the CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket STORYLINE: China on Wednesday launched a CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket placing a commercial satellite group in space. The rocket blasted off at 2:20 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites into the planned orbit. The payloads lifted by the rocket will be used to provide commercial remote sensing services. Developed by the Beijing-based rocket maker Galactic Energy, the CERES-1 is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket capable of sending micro-satellites into low-Earth orbit. This was the 4th flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series, the launch center said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jiuquan, China. (XHTV)

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Japan launches Epsilon small rocket with 9 satellites

The Epsilon-5 rocket carrying nine satellites lifts off from Uchinoura Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Japan launches Epsilon small rocket with 9 satellites

The Epsilon-5 rocket carrying nine satellites lifts off from Uchinoura Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Japan launches Epsilon small rocket with 9 satellites

The Epsilon-5 rocket carrying nine satellites lifts off from Uchinoura Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Japan launches Epsilon small rocket with 9 satellites

The Epsilon-5 rocket carrying nine satellites lifts off from Uchinoura Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Small rocket launch by Japanese university students

A small hybrid rocket is launched by Kanagawa University students on Sept. 19, 2021, in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The rocket reached the highest altitude ever achieved by a hybrid rocket in the country of about 10.7 kilometers, according to preliminary data.

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Small rocket launch by Japanese university students

Kanagawa University students check signals from a small hybrid rocket they launched in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 19, 2021. The rocket reached the highest altitude ever achieved by a hybrid rocket in the country of about 10.7 kilometers, according to preliminary data.

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Small rocket launch by Japanese university students

A small hybrid rocket is launched by Kanagawa University students on Sept. 19, 2021, in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The rocket reached the highest altitude ever achieved by a hybrid rocket in the country of about 10.7 kilometers, according to preliminary data.

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Kanagawa University's Hybrid Rocket

The Aerospace Structures Laboratory of Kanagawa University will conduct a flight demonstration in September of a hybrid rocket whose components are being jointly developed with a small and medium-sized manufacturing company in Ota-ku, Tokyo. The target altitude is a maximum of 15 kilometers, and in order to reach this altitude, the vehicle has been made larger than before, and the basic technology will be established with the aim of reaching the target altitude of 100 kilometers by 2022. The ratio of propellant to the total weight of the rocket has also been increased. Up to now, the machining of the parts had been done in the Aerospace Structures Laboratory of Kanagawa University, but with the increase in size of the vehicle, they began to collaborate with companies. "In the future, we want to develop a rocket that can launch small satellites quickly and inexpensively," without using special technology. (= August 10, 2019, photo location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Japan succeeds in rocket-aided supersonic aircraft experiment

TOKYO, Japan - Photo provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows a small experimental supersonic aircraft successfully put in flight in a rocket-aided launch at the Woomera Test Range in the state of South Australia on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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Lightning satellite built by small businesses in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A lightning observation satellite built by a consortium of small businesses in Osaka on display in Higashi Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 25. The cube-shaped SOHLA-1 satellite, which measures 50 centimeters on each side, is scheduled to be launched aboard a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency rocket this fiscal year and will be used to study lightning phenomena on Earth. The consortium was set up in 2002 by nine small high-tech businesses mainly based in Higashi Osaka. (Kyodo)

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4 satellites developed by students, business unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - Four small satellites -- ''Prism'' (center front), ''KKS1'' (L), ''Kagayaki'' (rear) and ''Kukai'' (R) -- developed by students and private business operators for launch in January on Japan's H-2A rocket, are shown at a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency facility in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 22. (Kyodo)

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4 satellites developed by students, business unveiled before laun

OSAKA, Japan - Four of six small satellites developed by students and private business operators for launch in January on Japan's H-2A rocket are displayed at a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency facility in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 22.(Kyodo)

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Japan launches satellite to study Earth's greenhouse gases

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The domestically built H-2A rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan 23. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's rocket carried the Ibuki satellite to study the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, as well as seven smaller satellites, including Maido No. 1 to observe the formation of thunder clouds which was developed mainly by nine small factories in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo)