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Function | Launch vehicle |
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Manufacturer | Space One |
Country of origin | Japan |
Size | |
Height | 18 m |
Diameter | 1.35 m |
Mass | 23 t |
Stages | 4 |
Capacity | |
Payload to 500 km LEO, 33° inclination | |
Mass | 250 kg (550 lb) |
Payload to 500 km SSO | |
Mass | 150 kg (330 lb) |
Associated rockets | |
Comparable | Minotaur I Pegasus Electron Ceres-1 |
Launch history | |
Status | In development |
Launch sites | Spaceport Kii |
Total launches | 1 |
Failure(s) | 1 |
First flight | 13 March 2024 |
The KAIROS rocket (カイロスロケット), or Kii-based Advanced & Instant Rocket System,[1] is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch small satellites of mass up to 250 kg to low Earth orbit and up to 150 kg to sun-synchronous orbit by the private spaceflight company Space One.[2] It consists of 3 solid fuel powered stages and a liquid propellant upper stage.
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