Hangtian Tsinghua 1-01

Kaituozhe-1, China's first solid-fuel orbital launch vehicle, failed on its debut flight from Taiyuan due to a second-stage malfunction, destroying a small 50 kg university-built technology test satellite intended for a 300 km polar orbit.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

1st

of 3 Kaituozhe-1 flights

Date and time

15 September 2002, 10:30 UTC

Rocket

Kaituozhe-1

Builder

CASIC

Launch site

Kaituozhe Launch Pad, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Test Flight

Launches in 2002

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