Launch Fails for Chinese Heavy-lift Carrier Rocket
A Chinese rocket launch failed on Sunday evening due to [an] abnormality during the flight following what appeared to be a successful liftoff, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Experts will investigate the cause of the glitch for the launch of the Long March-5 Y2, China's second heavy-lift carrier rocket, from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern province of Hainan, Xinhua said.
[...] Several launches of the Long March-5 were scheduled in preparation for China's lunar probe, manned space station and Mars probe missions, according to Xinhua. Sunday's launch was to be the last drill before the rocket was to carry a lunar probe later this year. It was not immediately clear how Sunday's failure will affect planned missions.
Chinese media report Long March 5 rocket failed soon after launch
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Researchers are developing a rocket that would be more powerful than any U.S. spacecraft, Chinese state media reported Monday. Phys.org reports that the Long March-9 rocket, set to be complete by 2030, would be capable of delivering 140 tons into low orbit.
NASA's upcoming Space Launch System, meanwhile, aims to deliver 130 tons, and the Falcon Heavy from SpaceX launched 64 tons toward Mars earlier this year. China is reportedly hoping to surpass its American and European competitors, planning to spend billions of dollars developing its space programs.
Full reusability for the Long March-9 is not mentioned.
As a point of comparison, the Saturn V rocket:
The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. As of 2018, the Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful (highest total impulse) rocket ever brought to operational status, and holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) of 140,000 kg (310,000 lb), which included the third stage and unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo Command/Service Module and Lunar Module to the Moon.[5][6]
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(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @04:05AM (11 children)
You get what you pay for.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @04:31AM (5 children)
Because no other rockets ever have problems...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @04:38AM (4 children)
Seriously. It was a good joke.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by maxwell demon on Monday July 03 2017, @07:28AM (2 children)
Well, your idea of a good joke obviously doesn't agree with mine.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @07:35AM (1 child)
Your lack of humor doesn't make OP a troll.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday July 03 2017, @07:49AM
(1) I disagree that it is a lack of humour on my side. It is a bad joke, period.
(2) I didn't claim he is a troll. I also didn't moderate that post, for the record. So stop putting words in my mouth.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Monday July 03 2017, @08:10PM
Let me tell you, it's no joke. When China sends its rockets, they're not sending their best. They're sending rockets that have lots of problems. And another big problem is cyber bullying. You tweeted that Francis should lighten up, but he didn't tweet back. He stopped cybering because he was cyber bullied. And that's not right. I know what it's like because low I.Q. Crazy Mika and LYING FAKE @Morning_Joe did it to me (don't watch anymore). Very unfair! Cyber bullying is very hard on the brain, it's not great for the mental health. But they do it for the ratings, they think it will boost their terrible ratings. Stupid! While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with our Independence Day celebrations, it has not worked out. You know, China has a lot in common with us. The British caused them a lot of problems. They're still trying to fix the mess the British left in Hong Kong. Not being British is a big deal for them. But I think maybe China is trying to send its rockets too far. I think it's time for them to open a rocket factory in the #USA and hire Americans to build those rockets. And put the launching pad here too. Jesus Christ on a Popsicle stick, when they send them from China it takes so long! Here in Washington it isn't even the Fourth yet. They're sending them too far, that's got to be a big part of the problem. Chinese fireworks are the best, I'll give them that, but they're sending them too far. They need to launch them from the #USA. At least I know China tried! 🇺🇸
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday July 03 2017, @04:53AM (1 child)
No... the Chinese are experiencing the same woes we did. Its called "experience".
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @05:01AM
For more on this topic, see here. [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday July 03 2017, @10:00AM
Probably working to a design from US
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @01:12PM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @05:14PM
Here. [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday July 03 2017, @04:14AM (1 child)
Maybe they should adopt US or Russian naming, e.g. Sprint, or Energia.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @05:54AM
"Stub"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @08:36PM
Missile shield in on Korean peninsula passes final certification test.