1 February 2021, 08:15 UTC
Hyperbola-1 launch
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
i-Space's Hyperbola-1 broke apart in flight from Jiuquan carrying six small satellites, after loose insulation jammed a grid fin and the resulting overcorrection tore the rocket apart aerodynamically — the firm's first failure after a successful 2019 debut.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 8 Hyperbola-1 flights
- Date and time
- 1 February 2021, 08:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Hyperbola-1
- Builder
- i-Space
- Launch site
- Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Unknown
- Launches in 2021
- 8th of 146