NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites

Launch Time
Fri Dec 27, 2024 01:03 UTC

3rd stage loss of attitude control 3 seconds after ignition due to damage of the power supply wire to the 3rd stage motor Thrust Vector Control (TVC) mechanism during installation, then subsequent breaking due to vibration while in powered flight.

Rocket

Kinetica 1
Image Credit: CAS Space
CAS Space
Status: Active
Payload to LEO: 2,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,500 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 31.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m

Mission Details

DEAR-3 & 10 other satellites

Launched 11 satellites including AZSPACE's DEAR-3 prototype recoverable science experiment spacecraft and the French CASAA-Sat cubesat from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory.

Payloads: 11
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2024

255th orbital launch attempt

Kinetica 1

6th mission
4th mission of 2024
1st failed mission