TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos rocket terminated its flight after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely commercial satellite launch on its third attempt in a row.

Kairos "terminated the flight after judging that the achievement of its mission would be difficult... We are currently investigating the details," the company said in a statement.

The 18-metre (59 ft) solid-propellant rocket carried five experimental satellites, including from Japanese companies and the Taiwan Space Agency.

Space One, the joint venture backed by optical electronics maker Canon, aerospace giant IHI, builder Shimizu ( SHMUF ) and banks, previously launched two Kairos rockets from its Pacific coast site in 2024 but neither could successfully deploy payloads.