China: Launch of Kuaizhou No. 1 instep rocket: Second failure.
-Lose the satellite for autonomous driving test-
December 15th, Japan time
China:
The launch of Kuaizhou 1A rocket failed.
Several Chinese media have reported.
Kuaizhou No. 1 Instep Rocket:
It was launched from the Sake Fountain Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, China.
However, a few hours later, the Chinese state media announced that the launch had failed.
He commented that he was investigating the detailed cause.
“GeeSAT-1A, 1B”:
It was equipped with “GeeSAT-1A, 1B” developed by Geespace under Geely.
A commercial satellite used for testing autonomous driving navigation of automobiles.
Second failure:
The Kuaizhou No. 1 instep rocket has been launched 14 times so far.
The launch failed in September 2020.
It was restarted in 2021, and the launch was successful in September, October, and November.
This was the second failure, unfortunately.
sorae space portal site
https://sorae.info/space/20211218-kuaizhou-1a.html
FAILURE: GeeSAT-1A & 1B – Kuaizhou-1A (Y16)
– JSLC –
Dec 15, 2021 (02:00 UTC)
Launch of GeeSAT commercial satellites fails Source:
Xinhua | 2021-12-15 15:14:49 | Editor: huaxia JIUQUAN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) —
The launch of a pair of GeeSAT commercial satellites,
carried by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket, was unsuccessful,
the launch center said in a statement Wednesday.
Abnormal performance
was detected during the flight of the rocket, which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10 a.m. (Beijing Time).The cause of the failure is under investigation, according to the statement.
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