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First Launch of Chinese Kuaizhou-11 Rocket Fails, Reports Suggest

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BEIJING (Sputnik) - The first launch of a solid-fueled carrier rocket Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-1A), launched from northwestern China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center... 10.07.2020, Sputnik International

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First Launch of Chinese Kuaizhou-11 Rocket Fails, Reports Suggest

09:14 GMT 10.07.2020

© AFP 2023 / STRA Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket with a Chinese character slogan that reads "Heroic Wuhan, Great China" lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwest Gansu province carrying two communications satellites on May 12, 2020.

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket with a Chinese character slogan that reads Heroic Wuhan, Great China lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwest Gansu province carrying two communications satellites on May 12, 2020. - Sputnik International

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The first launch of a solid-fueled carrier rocket Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-1A), launched from northwestern China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, was unsuccessful, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

According to the media outlet, the rocket suffered a failure at 12.17 p.m. local time (04:17 GMT) as a result of a malfunction during the flight.

An investigation into the incident is underway, the news agency added, providing no further details.

The first launch of Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11) solid-fueled carrier rocket failed at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:17 p.m. on July 10. pic.twitter.com/U4rH2FTrqz
— Sasi (@sasikrr) July 10, 2020

Kuaizhou is a family of Chinese orbital launch vehicles, designed to be mainly used in commercial launches and bringing satellites to the low Earth orbit.