ExPace's Kuaizhou-11 Rocket Unaccounted For Hours After Jiuquan Launch
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Jack C.
Summary
ExPace's Kuaizhou-11 launch vehicle (Y13) lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17th at 11:58 CST carrying customer satellites. However, hours after the launch—which was witnessed by visitors—neither ExPace nor Jiuquan's media team announced the mission's outcome. The article notes this is the second time ExPace has made a launch vehicle "vanish" after liftoff, following a similar incident the previous year.
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· 3 pulledOn the morning of June 17th, at 11:58 am China Standard Time (03:58 am Universal Coordinated Time) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, ExPace's Kuaizhou-11 launch vehicle began its latest trek into orbit with a handful of customer satellites onboard.
However in the hours after launch, which was witnessed by visitors to the site, no announcement of the mission's conclusion was made by ExPace or Jiuquan's media team.
Having made its smaller launch vehicle vanish last year, the company has repeated the feat for several hours.
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