2024 · CAS Space
DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites
failureKinetica 1 | DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites
Launched 11 satellites including AZSPACE's DEAR-3 prototype recoverable science experiment spacecraft and the French CASAA-Sat cubesat from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 27, 2024 at 01:03 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Area 130
- Mission
- DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites
- Mission type
- Technology
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Failure3rd stage loss of attitude control 3 seconds after ignition due to damage of the power supply wire to the 3rd stage motor Thrust Vector Control (TVC) mechanism during installation, then subsequent breaking due to vibration while in powered flight.