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At around 16:00 on February 1, 2021, Beijing time, the Chinese private space launch company i-Space’s Hyperbola-1 (Shian Quxian-1) rocket failed in its second launch in an attempt to orbit the small Fangzhou-2 (Ark-2) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
i-Space stated that the company will immediately investigate and review the cause of the failure to reset the launch mission.
This launch mission is the first failure of the world’s aerospace industry in 2021, and the third failure of Chinese private aerospace companies in recent years.
The LandSpace Suzaku 1 launched in October 2018 and OneSpace OS-M1 launch in April 2019 previously failed after numerous private space startups received venture funding in recent years.
Once the rocket reached 680 miles above Earth s surface, the satellites were deployed.
According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), China s main space contractor, the orbital path of the rockets has an inclination of 63 degrees.
This means they travel up as far as southern Alaska, and back down to a region of Earth level with the South Shetland Islands, just north of the Antarctic Peninsula.
State media Xinhua said the satellites will be used to survey the electromagnetic environment and other technological aspects.
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Chinese Hyperbola-1 rocket fails during its second launch
February 1, 2021
The Chinese private space launch company i-Space (Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd.) developed Hyperbola-1 (Shian Quxian-1) rocket failed in its second launch on Monday in an attempt to orbit the small Fangzhou-2 (Ark-2) satellite. The launch took place at 08:15 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Available images from the launch show the vehicle in trouble after leaving the launch complex. Around the time of MaxQ, smoke is seeing coming from the frontal part of the launcher that disintegrated a few seconds later, with debris raining on the desert landscape around the launch site.
China launches new remote sensing satellites
1 2021-01-29 13:47:31Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
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The second group of China s Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday at 12:47 p.m. (Beijing Time).
The satellites were carried by a Long March-4C rocket. It was the 359th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series, the launch center said.
Having entered their planned orbits, the satellites will be used for electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests.
China launched the first group of the Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites in 2018.