of spacenews Report According to iSpace, the seventh Hyperbola-1 rocket took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. It was flying in Earth orbit carrying an ‘unnamed’ payload, but could not reach the target.
iSpace has a Update It was written that the first, second and third stages of the rocket flew normally, but the fourth stage was functioning abnormally, causing the launch mission to fail. The company has said that after a detailed investigation, it will tell why the mission failed.
The Hyperbola-1 rocket had a successful launch in July 2019. But this rocket failed in the next three missions, which flew in February 2021, August 2021 and May 2022. Its flight was successful in April last year. However, there was no payload in it then. In its sixth flight in December last year, Hyperbola-1 delivered a satellite into orbit. But now this rocket has failed once again.
In recent times, rockets of several private companies have failed. Last month, a rocket of another Chinese company Space Pioneer was accidentally launched and crashed on a nearby hill. SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket also faced difficulties last week. Due to a defect, it failed to deliver 20 Starlink satellites into orbit.