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Second failure for South Korea\u2019s Innospace. A small suborbital rocket owned by South Korean startup Innospace lost control Thursday seconds into a test flight from Brazil\u2019s Alc\u00e2ntara Space Center, the company said in a statement<\/a>. The Brazilian Air Force, which runs the spaceport, activated the Sebit rocket\u2019s flight termination system after it deviated from the planned trajectory. Innospace said there were no injuries or property damage. \u201cWhile we regret that the planned flight could not be fully completed, the test flight provided valuable flight data from key systems, including the launch pad, propulsion system, and guidance, navigation and control (GNC),\u201d Innospace said.<\/p>\n Hard times\u2026 Sebit is a \u201cmultipurpose suborbital rocket\u201d designed to carry payloads up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) altitude, the boundary between Earth\u2019s atmosphere and space. This was the second consecutive failure for Innospace, which attempted its first orbital launch from the same Brazilian spaceport in December. In a similar outcome to this week\u2019s launch, Innospace\u2019s Hanbit-Nano orbital rocket spun out of control seconds after liftoff.<\/p>\n Satellite operators fear launch crisis. SpaceX\u2019s success with the Falcon 9 rocket helped open new avenues to orbit for a host of satellite startups. But the Falcon 9 may soon go away. SpaceX is eager to retire it in favor of the much larger, still unproven Starship rocket. This has led to consternation in the commercial satellite industry, Ars reports<\/a>. There are growing concerns that SpaceX will largely focus on its own payloads\u2014Starlink V3 satellites and orbital data centers\u2014because of their potential to drive far greater profits. The Starship rocket\u2019s Pez satellite dispenser, optimized for Starlink, is an indication of the company\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mediuml.png\")
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