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CAS SpaceLaunch FailureTechnologyKinetica 1
Launched 2024-12-27 01:03:31 UTCLaunch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
3rd stage loss of attitude control 3 seconds after ignition due to damage of the power supply wire to the 3rd stage motor Thrust Vector Control (TVC) mechanism during installation, then subsequent breaking due to vibration while in powered flight.
From Launch Library 2 · confirmed as a launch failure
Launch failure
Target: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Kinetica 1 lifted off with DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What CAS Space finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Launched 11 satellites including AZSPACE's DEAR-3 prototype recoverable science experiment spacecraft and the French CASAA-Sat cubesat from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory.
CAS Space is a spin-off company from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) that is operating and plans to operate various launch vehicles of the Zhongke series.
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Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff confirmed; launch may have failed, confirmation pending.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET December 27.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
30m
Diameter
2.6m
To low Earth orbit
2,000kg
Liftoff thrust
1,961kN
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