China’s final 2024 rocket take-off fails but it is still a record year for space launches

China’s final 2024 rocket take-off fails but it is still a record year for space launches

[South China Morning Post] - 12/28/2024

Four-stage Kinetica-1 Y6 suffers ‘attitude instability’ three stages in, with makers CAS Space investigating causes.



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