Chinese rocket accidentally launches before exploding
9 months ago

Chinese rocket accidentally launches before exploding

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Beijing-based Space Pioneer was performing a ground-based test of its Tianlong-3 rocket in central China when it became detached from its launchpad and lifted off the ground. Space Pioneer said in a statement that the rocket became detached due to a structural failure with the ground connection, with no one harmed in the incident. After investigation, no casualties were found.” Last year, Space Pioneer became the first private Chinese firm to send a liquid-propellant rocket into space, launching its Tianlong-2 kerosene-oxygen rocket to deliver a small satellite into orbit. The Chinese firm was aiming to make its first orbital launch attempt of the Tianlong-3 rocket in the coming months at its new launch facilities on Hainan island in the south of the country, however the latest setback will likely lead to delays.

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In China, rocket accidentally lifts off during test and crashes
9 months ago

In China, rocket accidentally lifts off during test and crashes

The Hindu  

Beijing Tianbing Technology Co. said on Sunday that the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket under development had detached from its launch pad during a test due to a structural failure and landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in central China. The two-stage Tianlong-3 is a partly reusable rocket under development by Space Pioneer, one of …

Chinese company’s Tianlong-3 rocket takes off unintentionally during test firing and crashes
9 months ago

Chinese company’s Tianlong-3 rocket takes off unintentionally during test firing and crashes

Op India  

A rocket being developed by Chinese aerospace company Space Pioneer, also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology Co. Ltd, took off unintentionally during a test firing and then crashed causing a massive explosion. The company said that it was intended to be a static-fire test of the first stage of its Tianlong-3 launch vehicle at its test facility in Henan. This …

Chinese rocket engine test fails, no casualties reported
9 months ago

Chinese rocket engine test fails, no casualties reported

China Daily  

Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer announced on Sunday that no casualties were reported after a test of the first stage engines of the Tianlong-3 rocket failed in Henan province. 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. The engines, which are …

Remains of a Chinese rocket that delivered spy satellites burned up over the skies in Nepal: Report
2 years ago

Remains of a Chinese rocket that delivered spy satellites burned up over the skies in Nepal: Report

The Hindu  

Remains of a Chinese rocket that delivered spy satellites burned up over the skies of Nepal days after a similar incident occurred over Texas, U.S.A. The second stage of the Chang Zheng 2D ‘Long March’ rocket reentered the atmosphere on Saturday after more than 200 days in space and burned up, a report from the United States Naval Institute said. …

Another Chinese rocket body is plummeting towards Earth and no one knows where it will crash
2 years, 4 months ago

Another Chinese rocket body is plummeting towards Earth and no one knows where it will crash

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Another Chinese rocket body is plummeting uncontrolled towards Earth at a “yet-to-be-determined location” …

Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth, says US officials
2 years, 8 months ago

Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth, says US officials

Firstpost  

NASA administrator Bill Nelson criticised Beijing, saying that the failure to share the details of the rocket’s descent was irresponsible and risky Washington, United States: A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, US Defense Department officials said, as they chided Beijing for not sharing information on the potentially hazardous object’s descent. US Space Command “can …

Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information
2 years, 8 months ago

Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information

The Hindu  

A Chinese rocket fell back to Earth on Saturday over the Indian Ocean but NASA said Beijing had not shared the "specific trajectory information" needed to know where possible debris might fall. U.S. Space Command said the Long March 5B said the rocket re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approximately 12:45 p.m. EDT Saturday, but referred questions about "reentry’s technical …

China defends handling of rocket that fell to Earth
3 years, 10 months ago

China defends handling of rocket that fell to Earth

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s government defended its handling of a rocket booster that burned up over the Indian Ocean and said Monday it was unfairly being held to different standards than the U.S. and other space programs. The administrator of the American space agency and others accused Beijing of acting recklessly by allowing its rocket to fall to Earth seemingly uncontrolled …

Disintegrated space rocket 'highly unlikely' to cause any damage on earth: China
3 years, 10 months ago

Disintegrated space rocket 'highly unlikely' to cause any damage on earth: China

India TV News  

Breaking its silence on its tumbling space rocket, whose debris is expected to fall on the Earth this weekend, China said most of it would be burnt during the re-entry and it is “highly unlikely” to cause any damage on the ground. Replying to questions about the Long March 5B rocket, which last week launched the core module of the …

China's OneSpace rocket startup fails to put satellite into orbit - state media
6 years ago

China's OneSpace rocket startup fails to put satellite into orbit - state media

Firstpost  

The OneSpace rocket was carrying the Lingque-1B earth-observing satellite made by Beijing’s ZeroG Lab. A rocket developed by OneSpace failed to reach orbit after lifting off from a state launch facility in northwestern China, state media reported on Thursday, the second failed orbital launch by a privately funded Chinese firm in five months. An anomaly occurred within “tens of seconds” …

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