The world's first methane- fueled rocket has failed to reach its goal
China's first liftoff of a commercially developed liquid propellant rocket took place on December 14th. Despite the high hopes for the historic mission, it seems that the 14 satellites it carried were lost.
The launch took place in the middle of the night. A variety of commercial satellites were supposed to be placed into sun-synchronous orbit. The failure of the second stage of the rocket resulted in a mission failure and the loss of all satellites.
There is a cloud of space junk.
China's space agency hasn't issued a statement about the launch. There appears to be an issue with the rocket's second stage that prevented it from reaching its intended destination.
https://t.co/l8j2WPO4Gu pic.twitter.com/RlbRazxL3LDecember 14, 2022
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Snapshots taken from Chinese launch coverage show that the rocket's first stage performed well, but that it lost altitude and speed around five minutes into the flight.
Another snapshot shows Zhuque-2 was losing altitude and speed after SECO at ~T+300s.That's not a perfect ending, but it still deserves our praise. Space is hard and we hope to see #ZQ2's return soon. pic.twitter.com/wkkt6Fzya1December 14, 2022
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According to SpaceNews, Landspace is working on a second rocket, but it isn't known when another attempt will be made.
The mission continues to demonstrate the progress being made by China's space program despite the failure of Zhuque-2. China is on track to have 60 successful launches by the end of the year.
Chinese private space firms have made progress this year as well, as more launch providers have begun to place payloads in orbit on behalf of the state-owned China Aeronautical Science and Industry Corporation.
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