In a rare setback, China on Friday failed to put one of the most advanced satellites into orbit resulting in the loss of the satellite, a media report said.
A long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite launch Centre in Shanxi but aihangtian.Com, a website run by Chinese professional astronautic experts and space enthusiasts, said it failed to insert its payload, the Gaofen-10 satellite into its designated orbit, in what would be the first such failure since 2013.