i-Space, a private Chinese launch provider, attempted to return to flight with the Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) vehicle early Friday morning. The Hyperbola-1 has had a troubling past, failing to deliver its payloads to orbit, now, on three of its four flights.
Onboard the rocket was the Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R), a replacement satellite for the Jilin Mofang-01A, which launched on the previous flight of the Hyperbola-1 and ultimately failed to reach its intended orbit.
While official reports as of publication do not mention a reason for the failure, it is understood that shortly after stage separation, the second stage failed to ignite.