Zhūquè 2A Rocket Launch Failure, Commercial Spaceflight Will Face a Short-term Downturn!
At 9:17 AM on August 15, the Zhūquè 2A rocket carried 4 satellite payloads and ignited for launch from the Jiuquan Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Experimental Area. Due to a failure in the second stage of the rocket, the launch mission ended in failure. This launch mission was the 45th orbital launch organized by China's space program in 2025, and also the first failed launch, breaking the 100% launch success rate for 2025, which is truly regrettable and disappointing! Affected by the failure of the Zhūquè 2A rocket launch, the scheduled launch mission of the Li Jian 1 rocket on August 16 was temporarily canceled, and it is unknown when the launch will resume. Due to this failure, subsequent commercial space launches are likely to be postponed, and it's not just Blue Arrow Aerospace that is affected; the commercial space industry will face a short-term downturn, and many planned missions may not be completed this year! On the positive side, the tethered ignition test of the Chang Zheng 10 rocket, the lunar landing rocket at the dedicated launch site in Wenchang, Hainan, was successfully completed, and the progress of the crewed lunar landing project has been updated again, which is truly reassuring.
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