Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GSTO
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
China
Date
Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:34:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5941 ever
Failure
According to video footage from locals, failure occurred shortly after separation of the first and second stages. No official details have been released yet.
Mission
This is the first flight of the Long March 7A which is a new configuration of the Long March 7 launch vehicle. The difference is that 7A variant includes an additional third stage, allowing the rocket to perform GTO launches. This is also the first mission out of Wenchang cosmodrome in 2020.