Posted on 07/04/2017 8:50:39 AM PDT by RightGeek
The second launch of China’s most powerful rocket, the Long March 5, ended in failure July 2, the second incident involving a Chinese launch vehicle in as many weeks.
The Long March 5 lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the island of Hainan at 7:23 a.m. Eastern. The launch, broadcast live by Chinese media, appeared to go as planned, but those broadcasts ended prior to any announcement of separation of the rocket’s payload, the Shijian-18 communications satellite.
China’s state-run Xinhua news service announced about 45 minutes after liftoff that the launch had failed. Xinhua only said that an “anomaly” occurred during the launch, and that an investigation would take place.
Chinese broadcaster CGTN reported that the Long March 5 “started to malfunction shortly after take-off.” Observers watching in-flight video of the launch noticed a plume of gas late in the first stage burn, suggesting a problem with one or both of the engines in the core stage.
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The Long March 5 is a key part of China’s human spaceflight and planetary exploration plans. The next Long March 5 launch was scheduled for November, carrying the Chang’e-5 spacecraft. That spacecraft would be China’s second lunar lander mission and the first sample return mission by any nation in more than four decades.
The Long March 5 will also be used to help assemble China’s first permanently-crewed space station. The core module of the station will be launched on a Long March 5 in 2018 or 2019.
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They forgot to add the rhino horn to the fuel that made the Long Dong such as success.
They need to look to North Korea for guidance. Hahaha
I wonder if that anomoly was in fact an anomaly and not assymetry
President Trump could offer protection to China from NK and maybe calm things down with India in exchange for more open markets, and for those little islands with runways, China just built, to be turned into vacation destinations.
Put in a call to the Clintons.
Never forget the Loral Space kickback.
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