Chinese Space Failure

In another major failure for the Chinese space program, a second DFH-4 satellite bus, this one for Nigeria, has failed in geosynchronous orbit. China’s first DFH-4 failure, in late 2006, was considered the worst in-space breakdown for China. That satellite, Sinosat-2, was to provide Chinese...

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