Horrible Footage! Chinese Rocket "Tianlong-3" Crashes After an Unexpected Launch in Gongyi
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Horrible Footage! Moment Chinese Tianlong-3 Rocket Crashing After an Unexpected Launch in Gongyi
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The crash and explosion of the Chinese carrier rocket Tianlong-3 were captured on video.
The Chinese carrier rocket Tianlong-3 crashed during a test launch.
The launch was conducted by the private Chinese company Space Pioneer. No casualties have been reported so far. The cause of the incident has not yet been disclosed.
During a test-run of the Tianlong-3 on Sunday, the Chinese rocket briefly soared into the sky before crashing to the ground, its manufacturer has confirmed. The incident did not cause in any casualties, the Chinese Space Pioneer company has said.
The space rocket of a Chinese private company crashed and exploded into flames near a city on Sunday, after it accidentally launched during a test.
The first stage of the Tianlong-3 rocket left its launch pad due to a structural failure at the connection between the rocket and the test stand, said company Beijing Tianbing, also known as Space Pioneer, in a statement on its official WeChat account. The rocket landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in central China, it said.
Video footage from the incident published by Chinese digital media outlet The Paper showed the rocket soaring straight up into the air before losing power and turning horizontally, falling back down to earth and exploding into flames on nearby forested hills.
An initial investigation of the unplanned flight found there were no reports of casualties, it said.
Parts of the rocket stage were scattered within a “safe area” but caused a local fire, according to a separate statement from the Gongyi emergency management bureau.
The fire has since been extinguished and no one was hurt, the bureau said.
The two-stage Tianlong-3, “Sky Dragon 3”, is a partly reusable rocket under development by Space Pioneer, one of a small group of private-sector rocket makers that have grown rapidly over the past five years.
