From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Snidely explained on 3/12/2024 :   
   > Kairos' Maiden Flight, Space One's launch from Kii Spaceport, (Northern)   
   > Japan,   
      
   Not so far north, just south of Osaka.  I was thinking up towards   
   Sapporo, but that was a misunderstanding.   
      
   > only lasted a few seconds.  The video stream showed the clouds of   
   > smoke from the debris fire casting ominous shadows on the pad {ominous is my   
   > contribution).   
      
   NSF reports that the flight termination was used.  The actual RUD was   
   not visible on the WTV stream; the rocket lifted off and went off the   
   first camera, which wasn't a tracking cam.  The next view was from a   
   camera showing the debris cloud rising up from behind a hill.  The view   
   went back to the first camera to show the fires on the ground, in the   
   ravine leading to the sea.   
      
   > This rocket used 3 solid stages with a liquid-fueled kickstage.  Solids avoid   
   > the difficulty of building an orbital-class turbopump, but space is still   
   > hard.   
   >   
      
   /dps   
      
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