China: Long March 3B launch failed: Nusantara-2 (PalaPa-N1)
Indonesia: Equipped with next-generation communication satellite
China: Xinhua News Agency
It reports that the launch of the Long March 3B launch vehicle on April 9 was unsuccessful.
This is the second Chinese rocket launch failure this year following the failure of the March 7A launch vehicle on March 17.
Long March 3B Launch Vehicle:
It is equipped with the next-generation communication satellite “Nusantara-2 (PalaPa-N1)” developed by an Indonesian company.
April 9 local time: 7:46 pm
Launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan, China.
It seemed to be flying smoothly, but it was announced that “the failure of the third stage was the cause of the failure.”
Videos posted on Twitter:
Fragments in the night sky of Guam are capturing objects falling and falling.
This launch failure may affect the Chinese communications satellite “Apstar-6D” scheduled for launch in the second half of 2020.
portal site to sorae / space
https://sorae.info/space/2020410-longmarch3b.html
Long March 3B carrying commercial Indonesian satellite fails
WASHINGTON —
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket
failed April 9 while attempting to launch a commercial communications satellite meant to provide broadcast and broadband services to Indonesia and beyond,
according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.
After lifting off from China’s inland Xichang launch center, the Long March 3B suffered a malfunction with its third stage, destroying Nusantara-2,
a satellite China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) built for an Indonesian joint venture between Pasifik Satelit Nusantara and Indosat Ooredoo.Space
News.com
https://spacenews.com/long-march-3b-carrying-commercial-indonesian-satellite-fails/