Japanese space firm's Kairos rocket fails again: Falls from sky in latest setback. Watch video here

"Kairos was launched... but the rocket terminated its flight after judging that the achievement of its mission would be difficult," said Space One in a statement



Japanese firm Space One's Kairos rocket launch delayed for third time amid weather woes

According to local media, including national broadcaster NHK, weather conditions forced the postponement of the rocket launch for the second day running



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A launch of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's SS-520 in January 2017 failed when a communications problem was discovered after the first stage of the launch. The rocket was allowed to drop back to earth without sending its payload into orbit

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