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A rocket stage test firing by Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer ended in catastrophic failure and a dramatic explosion Sunday.

Space Pioneer conducted a first stage engine test of the rocket Tianlong-3

Amateur Footage captured by Gongyi citizens and posted on Chinese social media shows the nine-engine test stage igntiting and then, exceptionally, taking off.

Hold-down clamps and other structures are typically used to securely keep stages in place.

Thankfully, no one got hurt during this shocking accident.

Space Pioneer issued its own statement later, stating there was a structural failure at the connection between the rocket body and the test bench.

The rocket’s onboard computer automatically shut down the engines and the rocket fell 1.5 kilometers southwest.

This launch site was the same site that had a big catasthrophe on the 22nd of June (2024) where debris of a Chinese Satellite Mission fell over a populated area.

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