The Chinese rocket accidentally crashed shortly after launch

A rocket belonging to a newly established Chinese space company exploded with a loud explosion on Sunday after accidentally launching into space.

Beijing-based Space Pioneer was conducting a ground test of its Tianlong 3 rocket in central China when the rocket separated from the launch pad and rose into the air.

After rising several meters in the air, the rocket returned to the ground in about 50 seconds and exploded in an uninhabited mountainous area.

Space Pioneer said in a statement that the rocket separated from the launch pad due to a technical error in contact with the ground. No one was hurt in the accident.

According to the company’s statement: ‘After liftoff, the computer on the rocket automatically stopped working and fell about one and a half kilometers southwest of the launch pad.’

‘The rocket broke into pieces after falling on the mountain. The location of the experiment is far away from the urban area of ​​Gongui. Prior to the experiment we worked with the local government to improve security and pre-evacuate the surrounding staff. No casualties were found in the investigation.’

Last year, Space Pioneer became the first private Chinese company to send a liquid-fueled rocket into space. The company launched the Tian rocket, which uses kerosene and oxygen as fuel to launch the small satellite into orbit. Launched two.

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The company is developing the Tianlong 3, a reusable biplane that will carry two satellites the same size as SpaceX’s Falcon Nine rocket.

Falcon Nine is currently the world’s most powerful satellite launch system and will have completed more than 60 spacewalks by 2024.

The Chinese firm had planned to launch its first Tianlong-3 rocket into orbit at its new launch facility on Hainan Island in the south of the country in the coming months, but the latest setback is likely to delay that.

Space Pioneer did not provide any further information on how the latest accident might affect the rocket’s production. The company says the accident will be investigated ‘as soon as possible’ so that work on the rocket can go ahead.