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The Brazilian Air Force () reported, this Monday (22/12), that, after leaving the platform, the HANBIT-Nano rocket began the vertical trajectory, as expected, but in the vehicle, which caused it to explode, fall and hit the ground. The launch was highly anticipated, as it would be the first commercial rocket launched from Brazil.
The note released by the FAB about the rocket from the South Korean company Innospace details that the launch took place at 10:13 pm Brasília time from the Alcântara Launch Center (), in Maranhão (MA), as part of Operation Spaceward.
See the launch moment:
After the crash, a team from the FAB and the CLA Fire Department was sent to the scene to analyze the wreckage and the area where the crash occurred. The FAB defended that the security, tracking and data collection measures were carried out exactly as planned, “ensuring a controlled launch within the international parameters of the space sector”.
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The rocket manufacturer will carry out an analysis of the data to identify the causes of what happened. The work will be done in conjunction with the FAB and other bodies and institutions involved in the operation.
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Shortly after takeoff, the broadcast that was carried out live on YouTube was interrupted by Innospace. At one point, the following message was displayed: “We experienced an anomaly during the flight”. Loosely translated, the message means that the team experienced some problem during the rocket’s initial flight.
Seconds after launch, the image showed what the rocket looked like on fire, still during vertical movement, before falling to the ground.
The HANBIT-Nano rocket, designed for small orbital missions, measured around 21 meters in height, the equivalent of a seven-story building, and weighed approximately 30 tons, similar to that of 20 popular cars. The vehicle can reach speeds close to 30,000 km/h, more than 27 times that of a commercial plane.
