At 02:00 UTC, or 10:00 am local time Wednesday, ExPace unsuccessfully launched a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The vehicle was launched from Site 95 at Jiuquan.
The launch failure was confirmed by Chinese state media and stated that “abnormal performance was detected during the flight of the rocket.” Xinhua stated that an investigation into the launch failure has been opened. The cause of the launch failure has not yet been confirmed.