After China’s failed satellite launch on Monday night, the scheduled rocket launch by private Chinese space company Landspace was reportedly delayed on Tuesday.
China Business News quoted informed sources saying that Landspace’s Zhuque-3 Y2 launch vehicle, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday morning, has been postponed.
According to previous notices, the temporary control period for the relevant airspace at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was from 7:40 am to 8:27 am on August 11.
Earlier, National Business Daily reported that the rocket was originally set to conduct its second orbital-level flight test on Tuesday morning.
The core goal of this mission is vertical soft landing recovery of the first stage. The report states that if successful, it would mark China’s first private liquid-propellant carrier rocket to achieve orbital-level first-stage land recovery, filling a crucial gap for the commercialization of reusable technology.
According to the airspace control window defined in the navigation notice, the first stage will attempt a vertical landing at the Minqin land recovery site in Gansu, approximately 390 kilometers from the launch site.
On Monday night, China used a Long March-7A (also known as Long March-7 MOD) carrier rocket to launch a satellite at Wenchang in Hainan. After ignition and liftoff, the rocket reportedly experienced abnormalities during the first-stage flight and exploded. Officials confirmed the rocket launch failure later that night.
Xinhua News Agency released a bulletin late Monday night, stating that at 8:02 pm, China used a Long March-7 MOD carrier rocket to launch the Zhongxing-4B satellite at Wenchang Space Launch Site. The rocket experienced an anomaly during flight, resulting in a failed launch. The specific cause is under further investigation and analysis.