A Chinese satellite has "failed to enter orbit"

[mota bhai 2,675]

A Chinese satellite has "failed to enter orbit" after a rocket malfunction, military sources said on Monday.

A high-resolution remote-sensing satellite Ziyuan I-03 was launched 11:26 am on the back of a Long March 4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province in North China.

The rocket malfunctioned during flight and the satellite failed to enter orbit, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.

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There could be many reasons for the failure including the rocket itself or weather conditions, a rocket expert requiring anonymity told the Global Times.

"The rocket is maturely developed and has been launched many times with a high success rate," he said.

The rocket design was fine and the problem might have occurred in production or administration, he suggested.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/831123.shtml

[GandD 5,966]

Premature rockulation. That's the worst.

[Pooky 3,904]

Premature rockulation. That's the worst.

Or it might be Godzilla, sending the Chinese a warning on Japan's behalf.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

What a surprise, a Chinese technological failure.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Wocket bwoke.