A still image from footage showing the incident.
Credit: TSDG Wenchang
China suffered the loss of a Long March 7A rocket on launch in a rare setback for the country’s launch operations. The Long March 7A exploded less than 90 sec. after launch at 8:10 a.m. ET Aug. 10 from the Wenchang spaceport on the island of Hainan. The first stage is powered by two YF-100 engines...
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