Chinese rocket explodes minutes after launch

China’s Long March 7A rocket blew up just moments after take-off on August 10th in Hainan after a career of more than a dozen successful flights.

Dramatic footage shows the Long March 7A rocket bursting into flames just 85 seconds after blasting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan on Monday.

A Chinese Long March 7A rocket carrying the Zhongxing-4B communications satellite exploded mid-air after liftoff from Wenchang, state media confirmed

Chinese rocket explodes seconds after launch  CNN

A Long March 7A rocket carrying the ChinaSat-4B satellite exploded after taking off of from Wenchang space launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The rocket had blasted off at 8.02pm Beijing time, state news agency Xinhua said, adding that an investigation of the failure was under way Continue reading.

The rocket failed after an in-flight anomaly while carrying a satellite, Chinese state media reported.

The failure was the “workhorse” rocket family’s second this year, as Beijing races to achieve launch parity with the US.

China said the launch of the ChinaSat-4B satellite aboard a Long March 7A rocket, failed after the rocket experienced a flight anomaly shortly after liftoff from the Wenchang space launch site on Monday.