
Failure
Kinetica 1 | DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites
Failure reason: 3rd stage loss of attitude control 3 seconds after ignition due to damage of the power supply wire to the 3rd stage motor Thrust Vector Control (TVC) mechanism during installation, then subsequent breaking due to vibration while in powered flight.
Launched 11 satellites including AZSPACE's DEAR-3 prototype recoverable science experiment spacecraft and the French CASAA-Sat cubesat from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory.
Mission type: Technology · Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Rocket: Kinetica 1 · Provider: CAS Space
Launch pad
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · View on map (opens in new tab)