(FILES) This frame grab taken from AFPTV via online footage broadcast by Wakayama Telecasting Corp. (WTV) on March 13, 2024 shows smoke and fire after a small rocket exploded after it was launched by Tokyo-based startup Space One, at the Spaceport Kii site in Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture. A company aiming to become Japan's first private firm to put a sateillite into orbit will attempt a rocket launch on December 14 after its first try ended in explosive failure. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AFPTV via Wakayama Telecasting Corp. (WTV) (Photo by -/AFPTV/Wakayama Telecasting Corp. (WTV)/AFP via Getty Images)