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Launch

OneSpace Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit

By Ryan Woo | March 28, 2019

Asia-Pacific

Photo: OneSpace

Photo: OneSpace

A rocket developed by OneSpace failed to reach orbit after lifting off from a state launch facility in northwestern China, state media reported on Thursday, the second failed orbital launch by a privately funded Chinese firm in five months.

An anomaly occurred within “tens of seconds” after OneSpace’s OS-M1 rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday, the official Technology Daily reported, declaring that the launch had failed.

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