China's Space Program Thread II

[bsdnf]

Second stage orbit insertion success, good enough

 

[Blitzo]

Not bad for a first launch of a new rocket overall

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Off by a bit

 

[jli88]

Second stage orbit insertion success, good enough

Did they carry any payload?

 

[Daniel707]

Official announcement of the Sucessful orbital launch

 

[Daniel707]

Off by a bit

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There is someone said :

“No, it knew it wasn't going to make it, so it's designed to miss the target. Like the F9, if the landing burn were successful, it would make the course correction to smack and burn directly on the target.”

 

[bsdnf]

Literally a reenactment of the New Glenn maiden flight process

Repeated delays → second stage successfully enters orbit → successful first-stage reentry followed by explosion.

 

[BoraTas]

There is someone said :

“No, it knew it wasn't going to make it, so it's designed to miss the target. Like the F9, if the landing burn were successful, it would make the course correction to smack and burn directly on the target.”

Sounds like speculation. When you look at the video you see the engine was working at the moment it suddenly blew up. The time from it blows up to the hit-to-ground is about 6.5 seconds. It looks like a spontaneous explosion for now.

 

[bsdnf]

There is someone said :

“No, it knew it wasn't going to make it, so it's designed to miss the target. Like the F9, if the landing burn were successful, it would make the course correction to smack and burn directly on the target.”

Cope in a wrong way? It has successfully aligned itself over the landing site, it just explode upon ignition.

 

[TheRathalos]

Congratulation landspace! Incredible that this launcher was developped in just 2 years, things are moving at a completely unseen speed in chinese aerospace.