Not new news given this happened a week ago but I found it interesting anyway that Indonesia& #39;s new communications satellite Palapa-N1, also known as the Nusantara Dua, was lost in a Chinese Long March rocket launch failure from Sichuan province, China. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🛰️" title="Satellite" aria-label="Emoji: Satellite"> https://www.space.com/china-long-march-3b-rocket-launch-failure.html">https://www.space.com/china-lon...

The first and second stages of the three-stage Long March 3B rocket appeared to perform well during the outset of Thursday& #39;s launch. But something went wrong with the third stage, raining debris back to Earth and destroying the Palapa-N1 satellite. https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1248220086827200513">https://twitter.com/LaunchStu...

Wreckage from the rocket third stage and the Palapa-N1 re-entered the atmosphere, according to Xinhua. Several videos shared on social media by people in Guam showed fiery debris moving across a moonlit night sky. https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1248281910905917440">https://twitter.com/Spaceflig...

Apparently some debris was later located. Check this thread for lots more on the ill-fated launch, https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1248229405375242241">https://twitter.com/LaunchStu...

The Palapa N1 was a next-generation satellite for broadband and broadcast communications built for the Indonesian joint venture of Indosat Ooredoo and Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. An explainer here, including an effort to answer & #39;What do we do now?& #39; https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> https://westeastspace.com/2020/04/11/a-setback-palapa-n1-failure/">https://westeastspace.com/2020/04/1...