民間ロケット、打ち上げ失敗　直後に爆発、「飛行中断措置」―スペースワン

　宇宙事業会社スペースワン（東京）は１３日午前、和歌山県で小型衛星ロケット「カイロス」初号機を打ち上げたが、発射直後に爆発し、炎上した。打ち上げは失敗した。同社は「飛行中断措置が行われた。現在、詳細について調査中」と発表した。
　和歌山県串本町の発射場「スペースポート紀伊」では、午前１１時すぎの打ち上げ直後にロケットが爆発し、赤い炎と白い煙が上がるのが確認された。地元の消防によると、けが人の情報はないという。（2024/03/13-12:20）

A Japanese satellite-carrying rocket developed by Space One Co. exploded shortly after lift-off from the Tokyo-based company's launch site in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
   "A flight termination measure was taken after launch. Details are under investigation," Space One said of the failed launch of the Kairos No. 1 unit.
   If the launch had been successful, it would have been Japan's first launch of a satellite-carrying rocket solely developed by the private sector.
   Around 18 meters long and weighing about 23 tons, the Kairos rocket featured three solid-fuel stages and a liquid-propellant upper stage. A small satellite of the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center was placed in the rocket's tip.
   The rocket was scheduled to lift off on Saturday. But the launch was called off due to a boat remaining in a maritime warning zone.