Chinese rocket Tianlong-3 crashes
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The Chinese rocket Tianlong-3 crashed after launch during a ground test on Sunday. According to a CNN report, Space Pioneer, the company that launched the rocket, has given this information in its statement.
Rocket fell in mountainous area
According to a CNN report, the incident occurred when the first stage of the Tianlong-3 rocket separated from its launch pad due to a structural failure. After which the rocket fell into a mountainous area of Gongyi city in central China.
Space Pioneer is a giant rocket manufacturing company
Space Pioneer is a well-known company in the commercial rocket sector, which specializes in making liquid-propellant rockets. Space Pioneer, also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology. Space Pioneer issued a statement saying that the connection between the rocket body and the test platform failed, causing the first stage rocket to separate from the launch pad.
The accident comes just days after China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module returned to Earth from space, where it collected samples from the far side of the moon for the first time. The rocket that crashed on Sunday is a large liquid carrier rocket, the Tianlong-3. It was built to help build China’s satellite internet network.
In 2023, Space Pioneer successfully launched its Tianlong-2 rocket
In April 2023, Space Pioneer will successfully launch its Tianlong-2 rocket, becoming China’s first commercial launch operator to send a liquid carrier rocket into orbit, according to CNN.
Space Pioneer claims that the Tianlong-3’s performance is comparable to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, and it will be able to launch the rocket more than 30 times per year following the rocket’s first successful flight.
The news is being updated…