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Chinese rocket fails to put satellite into orbit


China's Long March-2F rocket. China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology photo

BEIJING (PTI): In a setback to China's space programme, its remote sensing satellite failed to enter orbit on Monday due to a malfunctioning rocket.

The high-resolution Ziyuan I-03 satellite, developed in collaboration with Brazil, failed to enter orbit after its launch on Monday, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted military officials as saying.

The rocket malfunctioned during the flight and Chinese and Brazilian experts are analysing the cause of the failure.

Space officials said a malfunction in the servomechanism and second-stage venire motors apparently caused the failure during the second flight phase.

The satellite was launched at 11.26 am on a Long March 4B rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province. It was a rare failure for the Long March rocket, which has been constantly upgraded and used for dozens of launches.

The last such failure was in August 2011, when a Long-March 2C failed to put a satellite in a designated orbit.

The experimental orbiter SJ-11-04 had failed to enter orbit due to the malfunction of the rocket.

Monday's failure followed the successful launch of Chang'e-3, China's first lunar mission to land a rover on the moon to explore its surface.

The Chang'e-3 probe entered a circular lunar orbit on December 6 and is expected to land on the moon in the next few days.

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