Overview
- Liftoff occurred from Brazil’s Alcântara Space Center at 10:13 p.m. local time on Dec. 22 with Innospace’s first commercial Hanbit-Nano mission.
- An anomaly was detected early in flight and the vehicle fell within a pre-established ground safety zone with no injuries or external damage reported.
- The company’s webcast briefly showed what appeared to be an explosion roughly 80 seconds after liftoff, and the stream ended after an on-screen anomaly alert.
- The rocket carried eight payloads, including five customer small satellites from Brazil and India intended for low Earth orbit deployment.
- Innospace shares plunged nearly 24–29% on Dec. 23 after the failure; the mission followed multiple delays and a first-stage oxidizer-feed cooling component replacement before launch.