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Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket
(arstechnica.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."
Video of the accidental ascent showed the rocket rising several hundred meters into the sky before it crashed explosively into a mountain 1.5 km away from the test site.
The statement from Space Pioneer sought to downplay the incident, saying it had implemented safety measures before the test, and there were no casualties as a result of the accident.
Located in the Henan province in eastern China, alongside the Yellow River, Gongyi has a population of about 800,000 people.
Typically, during a static fire test, the mass of propellant on board a vehicle combined with strong clamps hold a rocket down.
This was a notable achievement, but the rocket's engines were provided by a Chinese state-operated firm, the Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology, rather than the private company.
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