Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Soars Over City and Crashes Into Mountain

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Not So Static During what was supposed to be a static test launch, a private Chinese aerospace company accidentally launched one of its rockets, which crashed spectacularly into a nearby mountain.

That fact, and the entire debacle, makes it pretty lucky that the Tianlong-3 accident didn't cause more damage than a quickly-extinguished forest fire.

Both are, for instance, designed to be reusable and both can theoretically take off with a mass of roughly 600 tons — though unlike the Falcon 9, the Tianlong series hasn't been test-launched hundreds of times to make sure things like this don't happen during a legit launch.

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Author / Journalist: Noor Al-Sibai

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesChina

Topics: China Off World SpaceX The digest Rockets

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Published On: 2024-07-01 @ 15:26:43 (4 days ago)

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