3rd Launch Failure this Year: China is a Disgrace to Modern World

[shockshiok]

https://www.space.com/china-kuaizhou-11-rocket-launch-failure.html

China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket fails hours after Long March booster soars to space
By Elizabeth Howell 4 days ago

The failed launch of the first Kuaizhou-11 from Jiuquan, July 10, 2020. (Image credit: CCTV/CASIC/screengrab)
China confirmed its Kuaizhou-11 rocket failed after launching today (July 10) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The cause for failure is currently being evaluated.

A press release from state media source Xinhua stated that a "malfunction" happened after the liftoff at 12:17 p.m. Beijing time (12:17 a.m. EDT or 0417 GMT). "The specific cause of the failure is under further analysis and investigation," Xinhua added.

Video footage of the launch, which is available via a delayed stream, shows that the rocket worked well in the first minute of the launch and the first and second stage separations appeared to be successful, according to SpaceNews.com.


Kuaizhou-11 (also known as KZ-11) was attempting to launch on its first mission after several delays in development and was carrying two satellites into space. The rocket was first developed in 2015 and its first launch was initially scheduled for 2018, according to NASASpaceflight.com.

There were two satellites on board the failed rocket. CentiSpace-1 S2 (also referred to as Xiangrikui 2 or Weili-1-02 in media reports) was part of a satellite series for low-Earth orbit navigation. Jilin-1 Gaofen-02E (also called BilibiliSat) is a remote sensing satellite intended for commercial applications, specifically for managing geological disasters and natural resources.

KZ-11 was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. and commercialized by the China Space Sanjiang Group Corporation (Expace), according to NASASpaceflight.com. The rocket can send up a payload with a mass of up to to 220 pounds (100 kilograms) to sun-synchronous orbit in a medium-altitude Earth orbit that allows for consistent lighting conditions below. Alternatively, it can send a payload of up to 3,300 pounds (1500 kg) to low-Earth orbit. A KZ-11 represents one of several commercial efforts in China to supplement the country's traditional reliance on government-funded launches, an analyst told SpaceNews.com.


While this launch, which was the 19th launch from China in 2020, resulted in failure, the country's 18th launch of the year which took place the day before successfully lifted the APSTAR-6D telecommunications satellite into space aboard the veteran Long March 3D rocket type. This launch was captured in footage by state media source China Central Television (CCTV). It blasted off at 8:11 p.m. Beijing time (8:11 a.m. EDT or 1211 GMT) on Thursday (July 9).


APSTAR-6D is expected to last about 15 years in space in geostationary orbit, as part of a broadband satellite communications system serving the Asia-Pacific region, CCTV added in a news report. The satellite is designed to provide high-speed communications with a capacity of about 50 gigabytes per second.


The APSTAR-6D satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The satellite was purchased by APT Mobile SatCom Limited in 2016.


Should APSTAR-6D work, it will be the first time China's Dongfanghong-4 satellite platform (DFH-4E) will be used in space. DFH-4E has components meant to reduce the mass of the satellite platform and to create more room for payloads on the rocket, according to SpaceNews.com.


DFH-4E's launch comes after two earlier failures of the platform, SpaceNews added. A ChinaSat-18 spacecraft power failure occurred immediately after launch in August 2019 and a second attempt in April this year saw the Long March 3B rocket and the Nusantara-2 Indonesian satellite destroyed.

 

[laksaboy]

You see, microchips aren't just used for PCs and smartphones.

If both TSMC and Samsung have refused to supply chips for your country, you are doomed.

 

[frenchbriefs]

You see, microchips aren't just used for PCs and smartphones.

If both TSMC and Samsung have refused to supply chips for your country, you are doomed.

I'm pretty sure most russian and America rockets use legacy technology from the pre 90s.....

And russian rockets are the best,even Elon musk is using them.

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the computing power of they could launch rockets with analog technology,it's probably structural issues that are much more difficult.

 

[Leongsam]

Fucked up country full of fucked up people that make fucked up products. What else is new?

 

[frenchbriefs]

Fucked up country full of fucked up people that make fucked up products. What else is new?

Not easy to make a 5 year leaps from stone age to space age......China did not share the same 40 year head start as the rest of the world.......

It's alright I believe they are inching closer and closer already,this rocket made it to 2nd stage seperation.more than I can say for India or other crackpot countries......hell even russia struggled with it for decades and they are the best.

 

[Peiweh]

this is the real China - all fake knock off subpar military and tech. who's surprised?

 

[mojito]

You laugh. Can't even launch your jobs bank website properly u laugh at udder peeper launching rockets.

 

[syed putra]

Just focus on the core strength. Pimping and prostitution. Nobody else comes close.

 

[blackmondy]

This is what happens when you use Huawei Kirin chips in your rockets....
It may be fast and not necessarily reliable.

 

[kryonlight]

Must be software failure. CCP should start employing talented CECA software engineers.

 

[mudhatter]

I'm pretty sure most russian and America rockets use legacy technology from the pre 90s.....

And russian rockets are the best,even Elon musk is using them.

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the computing power of they could launch rockets with analog technology,it's probably structural issues that are much more difficult.

he's one of those impostor know-it-alls

you don't need tsmc or samsung for anything, really

SMIC UMC intel or whatever can fabricate chips at 14nm nodes quite efficiently. so do tsmc and samsung.

it's about economics

as node length shrinks, cost of development goes up due to physical limits, you can't shrink these nodes beyond a few atoms, or one atom anyway.

which means not many players can afford to remain in the market and still make a profit.

same goes for lithographic equipment

the entire market for euv lithography is only a few $billion. each euv lithographic machine from asml (philips) canon or nikon costs ~$100 million.

so size of global market for euv lithography is only a few dozen units of euv lithography machine per year.


simply not worth it for tens or hundreds or thousands of players to remain in the market.

that's why stinkypore is no longer a very profitable place to locate a foundry or wafer fab in (for electronic integrated circuits). micron was planning before covid 19 to ramp up production, now ....

globalfoundries (formerly stinkyporean chartered semiconductors) also cant compete anymore

same reason why there are only a few countries that produce fifth gen 'stealth'/ 'low observable' fighter jets

same reason why there are only a few countries that produce 'cutting edge' jet engines under their own brands even though even teeny tiny peesai manufactures (some parts of) aeroplane engines and airframe, aerostructures etc under rolls royce, P&W, gE brands, or how rolls royce gets their single crystal turbine blades from italian company ema.

same reason why simple software based solutions like social media can be developed by just abt any country, but yankee social media is most popularly used, and only a few countries like tiongkok iran russkies and a few handful others might be in business.

question is why not many countries haven't developed their operating systems for PC desktop laptop smartphone tablets etc ?

 

[mudhatter]

Just focus on the core strength. Pimping and prostitution. Nobody else comes close.

naaah.


russians
ang mohs
ah nehs

all can given tiongs a run for their money

on a more serious note, when PAP can't send a shoe to space, must not laught at tiongs. who are most advanced space faring power in asia. bar none.