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Chinese reusable rocket Tianlong-3 accidentally launched during static test fire

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• teractiveodular 2y ago
  Statement from company (in Chinese): https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6K2mdDWviOlk30oU-JH90Q https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6K2mdDWviOlk30oU-JH90Q
• _dain_ 2y ago
  that poor rocket wanted to go to space so badly ;_;7
• Adunai 2y ago
  Rather sad :( But why is the cosmodrome located so close to a settlement?
  • yorwba 2y ago
    Since it wasn't a planned launch, the rocket wasn't at a cosmodrome. The video shows a mostly-forested area. The big building right next to the smoke cloud probably belongs to the engine test facility. As far as I can tell, the area administratively belongs to Dayugou Zhen, a small town with 40k inhabitants spread across 2 communities and 22 villages. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B3%AA%E6%B2%9F%E9%95%87 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B3%AA%E6%B2%9F%E9...