China CZ-2C rocket launch FAILED on Aug 18 2011

[Speeder 2]

yup anything wrong is western propaganda lol

So which one of those things you are?
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[tomluter]

Western Propaganda.

Not worth a cent, apart from amusement value.

It is from NASA website,and there are nothing wrong on the report. Nasa series is the best comprehensive professionalism space flight website in this world I have seen. And, if you are Chinese Han, I suggest you to follow a Chinese old saying “兼听则明” （Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will be benighted).

 

[conworldus]

There is absolutely nothing to worry.

The CZ-2C rocket is an old, small rocket about to retire. It was made in the 70s!!! The recent failure is probably some manufacturing error instead of design error.

Indian members, lay it off. Chinese members here do not make fun of your failed GSLV launches. You are just playing victim. Comparing technology is also dumb considering that you don't even have a rocket with a functional cryogenic engine.

 

[S10]

I think this failure is especially hard hitting because the CZ series had been so successful in the past 15 years. There had been an uninterrupted 33 successful launches before this failure. Personally, I think the space agency may have grown arrogant and relaxed their standard. This is a good wake up call for them.

 

[prototype]

No need for Indian's to make this an issue,some comments were totally uncalled for,failures are part of success and a necessity for innovation and a reason for hope,so their is no problem if someone fail.

Best of luck China for the next launch.

 

[rcrmj]

This thread is about rocket launch, something that only Japan, Russia, China and India has done in Asia.

you need to exculde india from the list``it uses russian engines and material for their paintjob rockets``

 

[somebozo]

Failures make sucess

 

[AerospaceEngineer]

any chinese here made fun of india's failure launch before?


http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/85954-isros-gsat-5p-launch-fails-9.html

I did.

Because it is really funny. The indians brocast their lunch on national TV. They want to show their pride and it EXPLODED!!!

VERY FUNNY.

This Chinese rocket did not explode but missed the orbit. ALso, they did not brocast it on national TV.

 

[Imran Khan]

ohhh comeon ladies in indian failure you tune is different then here .now indians should post same as they post at there failure too .dont be hype kids

 

[aimarraul]

China’s third launch in a week proves too much as Long March 2C fails | NASASpaceFlight.com

August 18th, 2011 by Rui C. Barbosa

With an apparent urgency to complete an orbiting constellation, China launched another new satellite in the ShiJian-11 series, just three weeks after the launch of the previous ShiJian-11 mission. However, the launch of the Long March 2C with ShiJian 11-04 failed during ascent after leaving the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 09:28UTC on Thursday.

Chinese Failure:

The new satellite was launched from the SLS-2/603 launch pad with the same launch azimuth of the Shi Jian 11-03. According to Chinese media this was classed as an “experimental satellite”. Like the previous SJ-11 satellites, the new satellite was developed by the DongFangHong Satellite Company of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

As with the previous ShiJian-11 satellites, the true mission of Shi Jian 11-04 was not revealed by the Chinese authorities. Some observers noted that the ShiJian 11 series could be related with a constellation of operational early warning satellites. ‘ShiJian’ means ‘Practice’ and this series of satellites have been used with a variety of configurations and missions for scientific research and technological experiments.

The first SJ-11 ShiJian-11 (36088 2009-061A) was launched at 0245:04UTC on November 12th 2009 by a CZ-2C Chang Zheng-2C (Y21) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite is operating in a 705 by 687 km 98,19 degree inclination orbit. The second satellite on the series, ShiJian 11-03 (37730 2011-030A) was launched at 0428:03.993UTC on July 6, 2011 by a CZ-2C Chang Zheng-2C (Y25) also from Jiuquan.

It is now operating 704 by 690 km 98,23 degree inclination orbit. ShiJian 11-02 (37765 2011-039A) was the third satellite on the series and was launched at 0742:03.570UTC on July 29, 2011 from Jiuquan by a CZ-2C Chang Zheng-2C (Y24) launch vehicle. That satellite is now operating 706 by 688 km 98,11 degree inclination orbit.

The new satellite, ShiJian 11-04 was to be placed in a similar orbit. However, after several hours of confusion and conflicting reports, this satellite has been lost, along with its launch vehicle – as Chinese experts aligned with news that “the rocket fell”.

The Chang Zheng 2C (Long March 2C) is a low Earth orbit launch vehicle derived from DF-5 ICBM, and can be launched from either the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center or the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

The rocket is a two stage hypergolic launch vehicle with a total length of 35.15 meters, a diameter of 3.35 meters and a total mass of 192,000 kg. The first stage is equipped with four YF-20A engines. Is has a length of 20.52 meters and a burn time of 122 seconds.

The second stage is equipped with one YF-22A engine, and has a length of 7.50 meters with a burn time of 130 seconds.

With official Chinese media reports being tight-lipped – as is usual for China in the event of a problem – the exact cause of the failure is unknown. However, once official, this would be the first time the Long March 2C has failed in its 35 launch career, and only the second Chinese failure since February, 1996.

That failure – involving a Long March 3B – occurred when the first stage suffered a problem just two seconds after lift-off, resulting in the vehicle veering heavily off the pad. With no range safety on board, the vehicle flew almost sideways for around a minute, before nose-diving into a nearby town, killing an untold amount of people. Recently unearthed raw video (30mb) of the launch, impact, and aftermath available on L2.

There have been other partial failures – such as the August 18, 1996 mission which saw the Long March 3′s third stage deploying the ZhongXing-7 satellite in a lower than planned orbit. The satellite was recovered, but abandoned soon after.

Given the vehicle did launch, the mission was the 146th Chinese orbital launch, the 145th launch of the Chang Zheng launch vehicle family, the 49th orbital launch from the Jiuquan Satellite launch Center, and the ninth orbital launch from China this year. It was also the third launch in a week, a pace which may now be in question, especially for Long March 2C missions.

Also known as the Shuang Cheng Tze launch center, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was the first Chinese satellite launch center.

The site includes a Technical Centre, two Launch Complexes, Mission Command and Control Centre, Launch Control Centre, propellant fuelling systems, tracking and communication systems, gas supply systems, weather forecast systems, and logistic support systems. Jiuquan was originally used to launch scientific and recoverable satellites into medium or low earth orbits at high inclinations.

It is also the place from where all the Chinese manned missions are launched. Presently, only the SLS launch complex (with two launch pads – 603 and 912) is in use. The 603 launch pad is used for unmanned launches and the 912 is used for the manned space program.

The first orbital launch took place on April 24, 1970 when the CZ-1 Chang Zheng-1 (CZ1-1) rocket launched the first Chinese satellite, the Dong Fang Hong-1 (04382 1970-034A).

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Chinese orbiter fails to enter designated orbit due to rocket malfunction
English.news.cn 2011-08-19 00:10:28 FeedbackPrintRSS

JIUQUAN, Gansu, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's experimental orbiter SJ-11-04, which was launched by a Long March II-C rocket Thursday, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket.

The rocket experienced malfunction during the flight following its launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:28 p.m. Beijing Time in northwest Gansu Province.

The specific cause of the failure is being analyzed.

 

[siegecrossbow]

The thing I like about sources like NASA is that they give professional analysis of what is going on instead of making backhanded political comments.

 

[jbond197]

you need to exculde india from the list``it uses russian engines and material for their paintjob rockets``

So there is only engine and paint to a rocket.. Guys, clap we have a genius among us..

BTW, you have your share on Russian engine/technology imports, how did you forget about them all, Genius?

I think the Chinese engineers got tired after 5 launches and hit the wrong buttons on the last one and it tanked.. no worries there, next time don't rush, go slow and take it one at a time and you will surely succeed.. Best of luck!!

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The guy is Indian? How do you know?

Oh! come on, Don't be naive, he knows coz he got magical balls...

 

[aakash_2410]

Better luck next time Chinese friends.

Failing at something means you're one step closer to the goal.

 

[tanlixiang28776]

BTW, you have your share on Russian engine/technology imports, how did you forget about them all, Genius?

We got Russian copies of the V2 50 years ago. India imports Russian engines today and will continue to.

 

[aakash_2410]

We got Russian copies of the V2 50 years ago. India imports Russian engines today and will continue to.

Not true my friend. Kaveri is under development and 2 other indigenous programmes K9+ [more than 90kN thrust] and k10 [Approximately 100kN thrust] projects are under development.