Launcher startup Innospace: Here’s what we know about inaugural flight failure from Brazil’s Alcantara spaceport

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — South Korean launcher startup Innospace said its plans to return to Brazil’s Alcantara Space Center spaceport in 2026 following the Dec. 22 failure of its Hanbit-Nano rocket’s inaugural flight will await a formal finding by the Brazilian Air Force’s Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center, CENIPA.

The two-stage Hanbit-Nano was carrying five small satellites and three payloads that were to remain on the rocket’s upper stage for the full flight. Also on board was an . . .

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