DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites

Kinetica-1's sixth flight failed when the third stage lost attitude control three seconds after ignition, destroying 11 satellites including AZSPACE's DEAR-3 recoverable experiment spacecraft — the rocket's first failure after five successes.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

6th

of 16 Kinetica 1 flights

Date and time

27 December 2024, 01:03 UTC

Rocket

Kinetica 1

Builder

CAS Space

Launch site

Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Technology

Launches in 2024

259th of 263