InnospaceHANBIT-NanoHANBIT Pad, Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil
Spaceward
Launched
December 23, 2025 · 01:13 UTC
Image: Innospace
Summary
Spaceward launched on an Innospace HANBIT-Nano from HANBIT Pad, Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil on December 23, 2025 at 01:13 UTC. The mission failed: Apparently loss of control and crashed back on ground about 1 minute after launch. The launch window ran from 15:00 to 02:59 UTC. It was Innospace's 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 7,165th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st HANBIT-Nano flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
- Result
- Apparently loss of control and crashed back on ground about 1 minute after launch.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- HANBIT-Nano · Innospace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for AEB, IS
- Milestone
- 1st HANBIT-Nano flightInnospace's 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 7,165th orbital launch attempt316th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Flight timeline
- T−4SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+54SSupersonic
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M33SSES
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+7M33SSECO
- T+7M34SPayload Separation
About this launch
Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean start-up Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru.
Pad
HANBIT Pad, Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil
2nd launch from HANBIT Pad, 1st this year · 4th from Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 22, 10:13 PM GMT-3, at night
2 launches from this pad · 4 from Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of BrazilOpen in maps
Updates
Launch failure.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2025 · source
Official Webcast by INNOSPACE ꞁ 이노스페이스 has started
LL2 · 12/23/2025 · source
Delayed to NET 01:00 UTC due to launch site weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/22/2025 · source
Rescheduled for December 22.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day due to rocket 2nd stage problems.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2025 · source
New T-0 due to issue with the ground power supply system at the launch site.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2025 · source
New T-0 20:00 UTC due to weather. (Or 20:45 UTC pending on which part of the Tweet is correct).
hitura-nobad · 12/19/2025 · source
Delayed to December 19 (UTC)
Nosu · 12/17/2025 · source
Questions
When did Spaceward launch?
Spaceward launched on December 23, 2025 at 01:13 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:00 to 02:59 UTC.
Why did Spaceward fail?
Apparently loss of control and crashed back on ground about 1 minute after launch.
Where can I watch Spaceward?
Coverage: HANBIT-Nano | ‘SPACEWARD’ Mission Launch Livestream – INNOSPACE | 이노스페이스; LANÇAMENTO DO FOGUETE HANBIT-NANO DE ALCÂNTARA! - SPACEWARD. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Spaceward?
HANBIT-Nano, flown by Innospace. HANBIT-Nano spec sheet
Where did Spaceward launch from?
HANBIT Pad, Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil. Liftoff was Dec 22, 10:13 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit was Spaceward going to?
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a test flight mission.