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The Hyperbola-1 rocket by i-Space, a private Chinese aerospace firm failed to launch on Thursday for 'unknown' reasons, according to China's Xinhua news agency.

The Hyperbola-1 debuted with a successful launch in July 2019. But its next three missions — in February 2021, August 2021 and May 2022 — all ended in failure, as SpaceNews noted.

Hyperbola-1, a 24-meter (79-foot) solid-fuel rocket developed by iSpace, launched on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's Gobi Desert.

The fifth Hyperbola 1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:00 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT, 12:00 p.m. Beijing time) on Friday (April 7).

Hyperbola-1 Mission • As per iSpace, height of Hyperbola-1 rocket measures around 68 feet (20.8 meters) tall, with a maximum diameter of around 4.6 feet (1.4 meters).

Hyperbola is a 68-foot-tall rocket comprising thee solid rocket stages capped with a liquid-fueled fourth stage. It is not reusable, although iSpace is said to be working on reusable technology as ...

iSpace's Hyperbola-1 rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 05:00 GMT Thursday, sending two satellites into orbit, the company said in a statement on Wechat.