Space One KAIROS

KAIROS (Kii-based Advanced & Instant Rocket System)
FunctionLaunch vehicle
ManufacturerSpace One
Country of originJapan
Size
Height18 m (59 ft)
Diameter1.35 m (4 ft 5 in)
Mass23,000 kg (51,000 lb)
Stages4
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Altitude500 km (310 mi)
Orbital inclination33°
Mass250 kg (550 lb)
Payload to SSO
Altitude500 km (310 mi)
Orbital inclination97°
Mass150 kg (330 lb)
Associated rockets
ComparableMinotaur I
Pegasus
Electron
Ceres-1
Launch history
StatusIn development
Launch sitesSpaceport Kii
Total launches2
Failure(s)2
First flight13 March 2024
Last flight18 December 2024 (Active)

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.

  1. ^ "スペースワンの「カイロスロケット初号機」、3/9にスペースポート紀伊より打上げ" [Space One's "Kairos Rocket No. 1" to be launched from Spaceport Kii on March 9th]. SPACE Media (in Japanese). 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  2. ^ "Launch Vehicle". Space One. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

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