Comments on: Two launches from China, one of which failed

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:27:34 +0000

The Ceres-1 failure was an early shutdown of the fourth stage:
https://x.com/Afsar_bitiya1/status/1987914110944919920

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:50:38 +0000

In reply to John.

John: I just noticed this error myself in posting tonight’s launch. All numbers have now been corrected. Thank you for noticing and forcing me to review things.

And yes, Molly has accepted Jazz, as much as an old lazy cat like Molly can every accept an active “I wanna play!” kitten. When Jazz calms down they now periodically sleep together. Thank you for asking.

By: John

John — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:24:55 +0000

B,
On your 9 Nov post, you noted a LM-11H & Kinetia-1 launch. However, instead of adjusting the number from 67 to 69, ya kept it at 67.

BTW, has Molly made peace with Jazz yet?

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:00:15 +0000

In reply to John. John: It is certainly possible I missed something, but I try to record each launch, when it happens. It is also possible I ranked one of those failures as a success, either because the failure was only revealed later, or because it reached orbit and had problems afterward. If someone can help me pinpoint where an error might have occurred, I would be grateful. As far as I can tell, I have been tracking correctly.

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:40:01 +0000

BZ,
Not to nitpick.
Me thinks the China number is off.
To date, China has 70 successful and 3 failures.