rss
01-13-2018, 08:23 AM
Booster from Chinese rocket crashes to Earth near a small town
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/X-mhhU4rtNKYsZvzMCuD9yjSyPw=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F692835%2F7e85185b-7e19-4ba7-83e9-781b2a157db4.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (https://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Booster+from+Chinese+rocket+crashes+to+Earth+ near+a+small+town&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2018%2F01%2F12%2Fc hina-rocket-booster-crashes%2F)https://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2018%2F01 %2F12%2Fchina-rocket-booster-crashes%2F&src=sp)
A booster from a Chinese rocket appears to have crash-landed and exploded after a satellite launch on Friday.
According to a report from GB Times (https://gbtimes.com/rocket-booster-drops-from-sky-and-explodes-near-town-after-chinese-space-launch), one of four rocket boosters from a Long March 3B rocket crashed near (https://gbtimes.com/rocket-booster-drops-from-sky-and-explodes-near-town-after-chinese-space-launch) the town of Xiangdu, reportedly about 435 miles (or around 700 kilometers) from the launch site.*
SEE ALSO: Secret government satellite’s fate remains a secret (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/secret-zuma-spacecraft-failure-spacex-launch/)
As The Verge's Loren Grush notes (https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/12/16882600/china-long-march-3b-rocket-booster-crash-xiangdu-guangxi), China seems perfectly fine launching their rockets from inland launchpads, unlike the U.S., meaning the rockets fly over and shed parts over land, leading to incidents like that on Friday.
Video of the incident was caught and shared to social media.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/12/china-rocket-booster-crashes/)
More about Space (http://mashable.com/space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rockets (http://mashable.com/category/rockets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China Spaceflight (http://mashable.com/category/china-spaceflight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Long March 3b Rocket (http://mashable.com/category/long-march-3b-rocket/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/6e6r_-dnG8s
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/X-mhhU4rtNKYsZvzMCuD9yjSyPw=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F692835%2F7e85185b-7e19-4ba7-83e9-781b2a157db4.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (https://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Booster+from+Chinese+rocket+crashes+to+Earth+ near+a+small+town&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2018%2F01%2F12%2Fc hina-rocket-booster-crashes%2F)https://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2018%2F01 %2F12%2Fchina-rocket-booster-crashes%2F&src=sp)
A booster from a Chinese rocket appears to have crash-landed and exploded after a satellite launch on Friday.
According to a report from GB Times (https://gbtimes.com/rocket-booster-drops-from-sky-and-explodes-near-town-after-chinese-space-launch), one of four rocket boosters from a Long March 3B rocket crashed near (https://gbtimes.com/rocket-booster-drops-from-sky-and-explodes-near-town-after-chinese-space-launch) the town of Xiangdu, reportedly about 435 miles (or around 700 kilometers) from the launch site.*
SEE ALSO: Secret government satellite’s fate remains a secret (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/secret-zuma-spacecraft-failure-spacex-launch/)
As The Verge's Loren Grush notes (https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/12/16882600/china-long-march-3b-rocket-booster-crash-xiangdu-guangxi), China seems perfectly fine launching their rockets from inland launchpads, unlike the U.S., meaning the rockets fly over and shed parts over land, leading to incidents like that on Friday.
Video of the incident was caught and shared to social media.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/12/china-rocket-booster-crashes/)
More about Space (http://mashable.com/space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rockets (http://mashable.com/category/rockets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China Spaceflight (http://mashable.com/category/china-spaceflight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Long March 3b Rocket (http://mashable.com/category/long-march-3b-rocket/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/6e6r_-dnG8s