<\/p>\n It was the first-ever orbital launch attempt by a South Korean company. And, as often happens on debut liftoffs, something went wrong: The 57-foot-tall (17.3 meters) rocket came crashing back to Earth<\/a> about a minute after liftoff, according to Space Orbit<\/a>, which was following the launch.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n O HANBIT-NANO EXPLODIU!O foguete da empresa coreana teve uma ascens\u00e3o normal, por\u00e9m, apresentou uma anomalia em torno dos 50 segundos de voo e acabou explodindo, caindo de volta ao solo. pic.twitter.com\/58MnY5AOU9December 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 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 its webcast<\/a> in the wake of the incident, shortly after announcing that an anomaly had occurred.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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 small satellites<\/a> for customers from Brazil and India, as well as three additional technology-demonstrating payloads.<\/p>\n \n Innospace team members together with officials from the Brazilian Air Force and the Brazilian Space Agency pose with the company\u2019s first commercial launch vehicle Hanbit-Nano at the Alc\u00e2ntara Space Center in Brazil. (Image credit: Innospace)<\/p>\n 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-jong told Space.com<\/a> in October at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney.<\/p>\n Innospace’s vision doesn’t end with getting Hanbit-Nano online. The company is also developing larger, more powerful rockets called Hanbit-Micro and Hanbit-Mini.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n![\"a](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ez6iELghB6UimKdTbZUP8P.jpg\")
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