China's new-generation Long March 7a carrier rocket failed to reach the orbit after blasting off from the southern coast on Monday, media said
BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th March, 2020) China's new-generation Long March 7a carrier rocket failed to reach the orbit after blasting off from the southern coast on Monday, media said.
The medium-lift rocket was launched from the Wenchang spaceport in the Hainan Province at 9:34 p.m. local time (13:34 GMT), the state news agency Xinhua reported.
The spacecraft suffered a malfunction during the ascent, the agency said without elaborating. An investigation has been opened into the incident, which comes as the nation is beginning to recover from the coronavirus-induced shutdown.
