{"id":55239,"date":"2025-12-23T00:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/innospaces-rocket-crashes-in-first-commercial-launch-in-brazil-shares-tumble\/23\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T00:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:20:03","slug":"innospaces-rocket-crashes-in-first-commercial-launch-in-brazil-shares-tumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/innospaces-rocket-crashes-in-first-commercial-launch-in-brazil-shares-tumble\/23\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Innospace&#8217;s rocket crashes in first commercial launch in Brazil; shares tumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Dec 23 (Reuters) &#8211; South Korean satellite launch company Innospace on Monday launched the first commercial rocket from Brazil&#8217;s Alcantara Space Center, \u200ba milestone for the firm and Brazilian aerospace ambitions that \u200cended with a crash.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The HANBIT-Nano vehicle lifted off at 10:13 p.m. Brazil time (0113 GMT), \u200cfive days later than originally scheduled.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Just two minutes after the launch, a <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:live feed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">live feed<\/a> within the official livestream showed a message noting an &#8220;anomaly&#8221; was experienced during the flight. The livestream ended immediately afterward.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->According to Brazil&#8217;s air force, \u2060the rocket began its vertical \u200ctrajectory as planned, but an issue prompted a crash into the ground. Officials and firefighters were sent to \u200danalyse the wreckage and the collision area, the air force added in a statement.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Innospace has not provided further information about the launch and did not immediately respond \u200bto a request for comment.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The firm&#8217;s South Korea-listed shares fell about \u200c24% in midday trading after the crash, the biggest intraday decline since August.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The launch was delayed from Wednesday after an anomaly in a cooling unit component of the first-stage oxidizer feed system during final inspections, and again on Friday for a few hours due to unfavourable weather conditions.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In \u2060a previous statement, Innospace said it replaced \u200bthe component on the launch pad, allowing \u200bthe Spaceward mission to proceed within its December 16-22 launch window. It was launching eight registered cargoes, including five small \u200dsatellites, for undisclosed \u2060customers.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The Brazilian air force and space agency offered operational support for the launch in coordination with key agencies.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In March 2023, Innospace had \u2060launched its test vehicle HANBIT-TLV from the same facility in northeast Brazil to verify \u200cthe performance of its 150 kN hybrid rocket engine.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Reporting by \u200cFernando Cardoso; Editing by Jamie Freed)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/innospaces-rocket-crashes-first-commercial-044957159.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 23 (Reuters) &ndash; South Korean satellite launch company Innospace on Monday launched the first commercial rocket from Brazil&rsquo;s Alcantara Space Center,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/innospaces-rocket-crashes-in-first-commercial-launch-in-brazil-shares-tumble\/23\/12\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/reuters.com\/db7907fc03954e1320462bd9452cac31","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}