BEIJING • China’s launch of a new heavy-lift rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, carrying what the government said was its heaviest satellite, failed yesterday, official news agency Xinhua said..
China’s heavy-lift rocket fails to launch
BEIJING • China’s launch of a new heavy-lift rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, carrying what the government said was its heaviest satellite, failed yesterday, official news agency Xinhua said.
The same rocket type had been expected to take China’s latest lunar probe to the moon this year and return with samples. It is not clear how the timetable for that mission will be affected by the failed launch.
REUTERS US warship sails close to disputed island
WASHINGTON • An American warship yesterday sailed by a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by Beijing as part of an operation to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the waters, a United States official said.
