10 July 2020
China's Kuaizhou-11 carrier rocket suffered a failure during its maiden flight on 10 July. The rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:17 BJT, but a malfunction occurred during the flight. The specific cause of the failure is under further analysis and investigation. Kuaizhou is a low-cost solid-fueled carrier rocket with high reliability and a short preparation period. With a lift-off mass of 70.8 tonnes, the rocket was designed to launch low-Earth and Sun-synchronous orbit satellites.
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