On September 12, 2020 at 05:02 UTC, the “Kuaizhou-1A”rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket was to orbit the “Jilin-1/Gaofeng-02C” optical remote sensing satellite. Xinhua said the launch vehicle “failed to enter the preset orbit” after “abnormal performance was identified during the rocket’s flight.”