Chinese Hyperbola-1 rocket fails during its second launch
February 1, 2021
The Chinese private space launch company i-Space (Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd.) developed Hyperbola-1 (Shian Quxian-1) rocket failed in its second launch on Monday in an attempt to orbit the small Fangzhou-2 (Ark-2) satellite. The launch took place at 08:15 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Available images from the launch show the vehicle in trouble after leaving the launch complex. Around the time of MaxQ, smoke is seeing coming from the frontal part of the launcher that disintegrated a few seconds later, with debris raining on the desert landscape around the launch site.