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Chinese Long March-3B carrier rocket fails during the launch of the Indonesian satellite.

News by Xinhua Net and South China Morning Post supports that Long March 3B carrier rocket failed during the launch of Indonesian satellite.

News by Xinhua Net and South China Morning Post supports that Long March 3B carrier rocket failed during the launch of Indonesian satellite.It was reported that the rocket worked in a normal condition during the first and second stages of the launch and abnormal condition occurred in the third stage and blasted off at 7:46 p.m. Beijing Time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The mission was a failure according to the monitoring data and the investigation of the malfunction is going on.

Report by NASA Space Flight on 9 April 2020 stated that the Long March 3B was launched on 8 April 2020 11:48 UTC from the LC2 pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center China has failed during the launch. The rocket was carrying Palapa-N1 satellite also named as Nusantara Dua to provide broadband internet access and high-quality broadcasting services built for Indonesia in a joint venture with Indosat Ooredoo and Pasifik Satelit Nusantara.

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