FAILURE: OS-M1 maiden flight - Lingque-1B - Jiuquan - March 27, 2019 (09:39 UTC)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Failure!

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=91819&pid=646932

"Weibo news, launch failed, one or two class separation after rocket posture instability"

https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1110843408975724544

[GELORD]

[Steven Pietrobon]

Those photos look pretty convincing. The exhaust trail for the second stage cuts off not long after first stage separation, seen in the gap between the trails. They should have followed what Rocketlab did with their first launch, flying a dummy satellite which was not worth much. Feel sorry for the people who built the payload.

[SmallKing]

[tehwkd]

https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1110844525533106177

[Phillip Clark]

Where will launch a rocket? Who knows?

The launch pads are shown as TLE-1 and TLE-2.   I thought that one of these areas had been identified as being 43-95?   If correct, is #2 = 43-95?

The ZQ-1 launch site was referred to as being "E2" so perhaps it was "TLE-2"?

[tehwkd]

https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1110862347567026176

[Kosmos2001]

It looks like a missile launch with those sudden turns.

[Chris Bergin]

Was hoping we'd have an official statement by now, but anyway, sad news.

Rui's article:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/maiden-launch-of-onespace-os-m-rocket-fails/

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Was hoping we'd have an official statement by now, but anyway, sad news.

Rui's article:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/maiden-launch-of-onespace-os-m-rocket-fails/

Chinese media quoted OneSpace that they will issue an official statement later.

[anik]

Where will launch a rocket? Who knows?

It seems that the same launch pad as for ZQ-1.

[PM3]

Now there are different reports about the launch time. Rui writes 9:32 UTC, Andrew Jones writes 5:39 Eastern = 9:39 UTC.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/maiden-launch-of-onespace-os-m-rocket-fails/
https://spacenews.com/chinese-private-firm-onespace-fails-with-first-orbital-launch-attempt/

[Satori]

Available info says the launch was at 0939UTC.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Was hoping we'd have an official statement by now, but anyway, sad news.

Rui's article:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/maiden-launch-of-onespace-os-m-rocket-fails/

Chinese media quoted OneSpace that they will issue an official statement later.

This so far has not happened. Rumors was that OneSpace planned to issue a statement earlier, but the PLA (which provided range support, among other things) denied the request

[edkyle99]

At least one prelaunch image shows a vehicle, perhaps a prototype, with a finned second stage that looks almost identical to the first stage.  Most other photos show no fins on the second stage.  These appear to be short range missile motors fitted with steering vanes and fins that were originally designed to work in the lower atmosphere.  Likely a tough flight control problem to solve for second stage flight if the fins are removed, and probably not easy if the fins are retained.  Scout, for example, had to have a gas jet control system for its second stage.

 - Ed Kyle

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Finally an official statement: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Yx6OWZgz77X6HV7CK89aAg

"Preliminary investigation shows that a malfunction of the velocity gyroscope at T+45.68 seconds lead to loss of attitude control."

[Olaf]

https://twitter.com/OneSpace01/status/1115102718211674118

[eeergo]

Photos of the recovered payload wreckage:

https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1121730923467300865