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#SCMP:
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China launches heavyweight rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9. It fails
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"Flight anomaly delays ambitions for Tianlong-3 to start delivering satellites for Chinese megaconstellations"

".. lifted off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gobi desert at 12.17pm on Friday"

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3348908/china-launches-heavyweight-rocket-challenge-spacexs-falcon-9-it-fails

3.4.2026

#China #JSLC #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocket #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpacePioneer #Tianlong3 #TL3

China launches heavyweight rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9. It fails

Flight anomaly delays ambitions for Tianlong-3 to start delivering satellites for Chinese megaconstellations.

South China Morning Post
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#Xinhua:
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A flight test of China's Tianlong-3 Y1 private commercial carrier rocket failed on Friday after the rocket's launch from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.

Having blasted off at 12:17 p.m. (Beijing Time), the commercial rocket experienced an anomaly during flight, resulting in the failure of the mission.
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https://english.news.cn/20260403/7d8607d147634a0483140c1993ea02e3/c.html

3.4.2026

#China #JSLC #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocket #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpacePioneer #Tianlong3 #TL3

Flight test of China's commercial carrier rocket Tianlong-3 fails

Apr 3 at 9:03amWeb