A Chinese rocket called Tianlong-3 suffered a catastrophic failure and fell from the sky not long after it lifted off, making a big explosion in the Henan province.
Below are the videos of the lift off and explosion:
“Wow. This is apparently what was supposed to be a STATIC FIRE TEST today of a Tianlong-3 first stage by China’s Space Pioneer. That’s catastrophic, not static. Firm was targeting an orbital launch in the coming months.”
Wow. This is apparently what was supposed to be a STATIC FIRE TEST today of a Tianlong-3 first stage by China's Space Pioneer. That's catastrophic, not static. Firm was targeting an orbital launch in the coming months. https://t.co/BY9MgJeE7A pic.twitter.com/L6ronwLW1N
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) June 30, 2024
Another view here. Got to hope that there are no casualties. This is absolutely wild. And Space Pioneer has already reached orbit with Tianlong-2, so this is just staggering. https://t.co/QlQT13FNtI pic.twitter.com/F58tJhVoRJ
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) June 30, 2024
The poster says China had already reached orbit with the Tianlong-2. They add that there are no reported casualties and explain what happened:
Good news is that there are no casualties so far, according to The Paper. https://t.co/3Mg8Ry423K
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) June 30, 2024
Space Pioneer just issued a statement saying there was structural failure at the connection between the rocket body and the test bench, onboard computer automatically shut it down, and the rocket fell 1.5 kilometers southwest. No casualties found.https://t.co/TQtNCwNGXz
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) June 30, 2024