Chinese Privately Developed Rocket Fails To Reach Orbit (reuters.com)

schwit1 shares a report: A privately developed Chinese carrier rocket failed to reach orbit after lifting off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Saturday, in a blow to the country's nascent attempts by private companies to rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. The three-stage rocket, Zhuque-1, was developed by Beijing-based Landspace. The company said in a microblog post after nominal first and second stages that the spacecraft failed to reach orbit as a result of an issue with the third stage. "Before Zhuque carrier rocket was launched, its mission was already completed," the company said in the post on Saturday, without giving further details.

Comments

How much of that rocket is stolen IP?

[Anonymous Coward]

The only "privately developed" part is the Chinese characters painted on the side

Re:Just to remember....

[93 Escort Wagon]

It sucks their rocket didn't make it, but remember too, SpaceX's early rockets didn't make it to orbit either. The whole company almost went bust before they got one to work.

Given how much Chinese tech is believed to be stolen from established players, though, you’d think they could’ve avoided the early failed stages of rocket development.