Flight 3

Mission

Flight 3 on Kii-based Advanced & Instant ROcket System. Thu 5 Mar 2026, 02:10:00 UTC. Reported outcome: Failure. Launch site: Space One Launch Pad. Source: Launch Library 2.

Third flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites will be on board: * TATARA-1R * SC-Sat1a * HErO * AETS-1 * Nutsat-3 (TASA/Taiwan)

Mission type

Test Flight

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff. Clock times are not shown while T-0 is unconfirmed or on hold.

1. T-0

   Liftoff

   First upwards movement of the rocket

2. T+2 min 20 s

   Stage 2 Separation

   Separation of the second stage from the first

3. T+2 min 44 s

   Fairing Separation

   Separation of the payload fairing

4. T+4 min 39 s

   Stage 3 Separation

   Separation of the third stage from the second

5. T+7 min 50 s

   Kick Stage Separation

   Separation of the kick stage from the previous stage

6. T+53 min 35 s

   Payload Deployment Sequence Start

   Start of the payload deployment sequence

7. T+54 min 1 s

   Payload Deployment Sequence End

   End of the payload deployment sequence.

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:18 UTC.

Launch pad

Space One Launch Pad

Spaceport Kii, Japan (JP)

Coordinates: 33.544224, 135.889502