Tianlong-3, a two-stage kerosene-liquid oxygen rocket comparable to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, experienced the failure during a test of its nine engines intended to power the first stage.

At 3:43 pm, the engines were fired according to plan, and the engine thrust reached 820 tons. However, a structural failure caused the rocket to detach from its launch pad and blast off.

All villagers in the area, which is remote and far from the city center, had been evacuated before the test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8sXEYMw3pA

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    @Mia-eat62 1 hour ago

    Chinese build quality moment .

    Cool just casually ignore China’s entire state space program which was a massive success for one failure of a privately owned company because you hate the government and not the people.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      ah yes, and when that tesla rocket blew up the launch pad and itself, that too was chinese build quality, yes yes yes. yapping clowns.