Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A rocket by a private Chinese company saw its second failure on its planned orbital mission.
On Sunday, the 62-foot-tall Ceres-1 Y-19 rocket by Chinese space firm Galactic Energy took off from northwest China at around 11:02 p.m. EST via Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The mission carried two satellites for China's Jilin-1 commercial Earth-observation constellation, and a craft developed by Zhongbei University intended for deployment in low-Earth orbit.
"We offer our sincerest apologies to the mission's customer and to everyone who supports Galactic Energy," said the Beijing-based company in a statement.
It's first three stages and separations operated as planned.
