{"id":16995,"date":"2017-06-23T18:56:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T01:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16995"},"modified":"2017-06-23T18:56:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T01:56:59","slug":"chinas-new-indigenous-satellite-fails-to-enter-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/chinas-new-indigenous-satellite-fails-to-enter-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s New Indigenous Satellite Fails to Enter Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Long March 3B (CZ-3B) rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, Sichuan Province of China. (ChinaFotoPress\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In a rare setback to China\u2019s ambitious space program, the Communist giant\u2019s first indigenous communications satellite for live radio and TV broadcasts failed to enter its preset orbit, June 19, writes <b>K.J.M. Varma.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>With a takeoff weight of more than five tons, Zhongxing-9A was launched from the southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Center, June 19.<\/p>\n<p>Abnormal performance was identified during the third phase of the rocket launch, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).<\/p>\n<p>The exact reason for the failure of Zhongxing-9A, launched from the Long March-3B carrier rocket at 12:11 AM, is under investigation and related parties are taking measures to address the problem and send the satellite into the correct orbit, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Zhongxing-9A is the first China-made satellite.<\/p>\n<p>The solar panels and communication antennae, however, have been deployed and the satellite system is operating under normal conditions, CASC said.<\/p>\n<p>The Long March-3B has been one of the main carrier rockets for China\u2019s high-orbit launch missions.<\/p>\n<p>Zhongxing-9A is the first China-made satellite for live radio and television broadcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Long March 3B (CZ-3B) rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, Sichuan Province of China. (ChinaFotoPress\/Getty Images) In a rare setback to China\u2019s ambitious space program, the Communist giant\u2019s first indigenous communications satellite for live radio and TV broadcasts failed to enter its preset orbit, June&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/chinas-new-indigenous-satellite-fails-to-enter-orbit\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3435,138,707,147,3436],"class_list":["post-16995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-china-satellite-launch-failure","tag-current-affairs","tag-science","tag-siliconeer","tag-zhongxing-9a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}