16 September 2003, 10:30 UTC
Hangtian Tsinghua 1-02
China's small solid-fueled Kaituozhe-1 failed to deliver the 40 kg PS-2 satellite to its planned 300 km orbit when the fourth stage failed to ignite, marking the second and final failure of the KT-1 rocket after its 2002 debut also ended in failure.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 3 Kaituozhe-1 flights
- Date and time
- 16 September 2003, 10:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kaituozhe-1
- Builder
- CASIC
- Launch site
- Kaituozhe Launch Pad, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- Launches in 2003
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