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China successfully launched a high resolution optical observation satellite on top of a Long March 4B rocket on Monday.<\/p>
But as videos uploaded to Chinese social media show, one of the rocket’s boosters fell back down to Earth — and exploded in a huge cloud of orange smoke not far from a school, as Space.com<\/em> <\/span>reports<\/a>.<\/p> Some impressive footage from today's Long March 4B first stage return.<\/p> — LaunchStuff (@LaunchStuff) September 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> Footage<\/a> on Chinese social media network Weibo shows the first stage of the Long March 4B rocket erupting into a massive orange cloud near Lilong village, in the Shaanxi province. As Space.com<\/em> reports, the footage appears to be taken from a school yard, with children audible in the foreground.<\/p> Making matters worse, the Long March rocket’s propellants are quite toxic — a possible health hazard.<\/p> It’s not the first report of Chinese rocket parts plummeting out of the sky. In May, the core stage of China’s gigantic Long March 5B rocket, essentially a whopping 37,000 pound piece of shrapnel, made its uncontrolled reentry<\/a> into Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p> Pieces of the core stage eventually appeared to have crashed down<\/a> on the Ivory Coast in Africa.<\/p> The satellite, called Gaofen 11, is capable of showing features as small as just three feet across back on the ground. According to state media<\/a>, those images will be used for city planning, road network design, and other infrastructure planning projects.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Chinese rocket booster appears to crash near school during Gaofen 11 satellite launch<\/a> [Space.com<\/em>] More on Chinese rockets:<\/strong> China Just Launched a Mysterious “Reusable Test Spacecraft”<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Chinese Rocket Booster Crashes Near School, Explodes<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more here: Booster Slip Up China successfully launched a high resolution optical observation satellite on top of a Long March 4B rocket on Monday. Continue reading ![\"?\"](\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/12.0.0-1\/72x72\/2139.png\")
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Bad Run<\/h2>
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