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The rocket body fell into the mountain and disintegrated.” There were no injuries as a result of the crash, the company said, as people in the area were evacuated in advance of the rocket test.
In 1992 and 1993, Space Systems/Loral received licenses from the United States Department of State to launch Intelsat satellites on Chinese rockets. At that time, satellite components were still under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); they would be transferred in stages to the U.S. Department of Commerce between 1992 and 1996. [1]
Fragments of the rocket started a forest fire nearby, and a Blok D strap-on booster caused damage to the launchpad. [114] 22 August 2003: Alcântara Launch Center, Brazil: 21: VLS-1: VLS-1 V03: Explosion of an uncrewed rocket during launch preparations [115] 26 July 2007: Mojave Spaceport, California: 3: engine test for SpaceShipTwo
A Long March 7A rocket failed to place a satellite in orbit on 16 March 2020 after taking off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Hainan Island, located in southern China. [29] After two Chinese launch failures in less than a month, further Chinese launches will be likely delayed until it is sure that the quality control is satisfactory ...
An out-of-control rocket booster that crashed onto the Moon in 2022, forming an unusual impact crater, was of Chinese origin and likely carried an undisclosed payload, a new study revealed.. The ...
In April 2023, Space Pioneer launched a kerosene-oxygen rocket, the Tianlong-2, becoming the first private Chinese firm to send a liquid-propellant rocket into space. Chinese commercial space ...
2020: The empty core stage of a Chinese Long March-5B rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry - the largest object to do so since the Soviet Union's 39-ton Salyut 7 space station in 1991 – over Africa and the Atlantic Ocean and a 12-meter-long pipe originating from the rocket crashed into the village of Mahounou in Côte d'Ivoire. [21] 2021:
[14] [15] In one case, a launch vehicle crashed into a village near Xichang Satellite Launch Center after veering off course, killing at least six persons. [12] In 2024, the private company Space Pioneer unintentionally launched one of their Tianlong-3 rockets during a test; it crashed in the mountains 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) away from the ...