Shijian 18

Carried the experimental Shijian-18 communications satellite from Wenchang on the second flight of the Long March 5. An anomaly, suspected to involve a first-stage engine, caused the mission to be declared a failure about 45 minutes after liftoff, and the satellite was lost.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

2nd

of 2 Long March 5/YZ-2 flights

Date and time

2 July 2017, 11:23 UTC

Rocket

Long March 5/YZ-2

Builder

CASC

Launch site

101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

Launches in 2017

43rd of 90