This Long March 5 Y2 rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean just minutes after taking off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on July 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters This Long March 5 Y2 rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean just minutes after taking off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on July 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters
This Long March 5 Y2 rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean just minutes after taking off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on July 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters
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China’s failed Long March 5 rocket ‘choked to death’, but space mission expected to resume this year

Problem that caused heavy-lift rocket to plunge into Pacific Ocean in July has been resolved, official report says

Topic |   Space
Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen

Updated: 11:15pm, 16 Apr, 2018

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This Long March 5 Y2 rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean just minutes after taking off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on July 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters This Long March 5 Y2 rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean just minutes after taking off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on July 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters
This Long March 5 Y2 rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean just minutes after taking off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on July 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters
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