The first satellite mission of the Chinese private space company has failed. The rocket “Zhuque-1” of the company country space didn’t make it to the Start on Saturday afternoon (local time) in the earth’s orbit. The land space is informed on the short-messaging service WeChat.

The 19-metre-long multi-stage rocket “Zhuque-1” had a satellite on Board lifted off successfully from the Chinese space centre in Jiuquan in the Gobi desert. The problems started when the third rocket stage was ignited, the company said.

30 Chinese missile launch in 2018

had a success land space would have been the first commercial Chinese company, which has a Nakitbahis satellite into space. So far, Western companies such as Arianespace, the Elon Musk founded SpaceX and Rocket Lab from Los Angeles, the commercial space transport business control.

“Zhuque” means “vermilion bird”, a Symbol from Chinese mythology. A report by the official Xinhua news Agency, according to the land space is one of 60 commercial space company in China. The first rocket launch of a private Chinese company succeeded in may of this year. According to the US space Agency Nasa have been carried out in China alone, 2018, a total of thirty missiles.

The space program of the country is mainly driven by the state under the control of the military. The government has ambitious plans in space. In addition to other flights to the moon, a Mars mission is planned, in a country vehicle is to be disposed of velvet Rover on the Red planet. In addition, China is planning to build its own space station.

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