On September 12th at 5:02 UTC, the Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C satellite was launched aboard a Kuaizhou 1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northern China.
The commercial Earth-observing satellite never made it to orbit. According to Xinhua News, China’s official state-run press agency, the launch center reported abnormal performance during the rocket’s flight. No other information has been released by either the launch center or Xinhua News.
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