South Korean Startup Innospace Fails On Its 1st Orbital Launch Attempt
South Korean Startup Innospace Fails On Its 1st Orbital Launch Attempt
South Korean startup Innospace failed in its bid to make history on Monday night (Dec. 22).
The company launched its Hanbit-Nanorocketfrom the Alcantara Space Center in Brazil on Monday at 8:13 p.m. EST (10:13 p.m. local time in Brazil; 0113 GMT on Dec. 23).
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which was following the launch.
THE HANBIT-NANO EXPLODED! The Korean company’s rocket had a normal rise, however, it presented an anomaly around 50 seconds into the flight and ended up exploding, falling back to the ground. pic.twitter.com/58MnY5AOU9
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It’s unclear at this early stage what caused the failure. Innospace did not immediately provide an update on X, and the company cut off
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in the wake of the incident, shortly after announcing that an anomaly had occurred.
Hanbit-Nano is a two-stage rocket whose first stage burns liquid oxygen (LOX) and paraffin. The upper stage comes in two configurations; one burns LOX and paraffin while the other employs LOX and liquid methane.
The rocket is designed to deliver up to 198 pounds (90 kilograms) of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit from Brazil. On the debut launch, the Hanbit-Nano was carrying five smallsatellitesfor customers from Brazil and India, as well as three additional technology-demonstrating payloads.
Innospace was founded in 2017. The company, which currently employs about 260 people, has developed all of its launch technology in-house, company CEO Kim Soo-jongtold Space.comin October at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney.
Innospace’s vision doesn’t end with getting Hanbit-Nano online. The company is also developing larger, powerful rockets called Hanbit-Micro and Hanbit-Mini.
Monday’s launch was originally scheduled for Wednesday (Dec. 17), but Innospace pushed it back several times, due to a technical issue and bad weather forecasts.
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Published on: 2025-12-23 06:28:00
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