A part of the rocket launched by China fell near the school, and orange poisonous smoke rose up
by Yohka Daily
On September 7, 2020, a part of the rocket launched from a rocket launch site in northern China fell near a school in Shaanxi Province.
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At the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China, a long expedition 4B rocket was launched at 13:57 local time (14:57 Japan time) on September 7. According to Xinhua , the state news agency of China, this rocket was equipped with a new type of optical remote sensing satellite 'Gaofen 11-02' used for disaster prevention and surveying. This was the 345th time in total that the Long Expedition 4 B rocket was launched.
On the same day, a video of a rocket-like object falling and a poisonous orange smoke rising was posted on Weibo , a Chinese social media. Below is a reprint of the video on Twitter.
Some impressive footage from today's Long March 4B first stage return.
— LaunchStuff (@LaunchStuff) September 7, 2020
ℹ: https://t.co/9oRPoR0ZdF pic.twitter.com/SEl7t1u5xJ
When the movie starts, you can see a rod-shaped object falling straight from the sky.
The object falls to the surface at a tremendous speed. If you look closely, you can see that a fairly large object was shot from a distance.
The scene changes before the object crashes to the surface, showing the orange smoke rising up again.
In addition, the scene changes, and the image looks like orange smoke from a place like a school yard. I can hear many children making loud noises.
The image of the place that seems to be the fall point showed the ground being greatly scooped out and the soil being exposed, and broken trees.
According to the person who posted the movie to Weibo, the footage was shot in the mountains near Satoryu Village in Takaya Town, Lunan County, Shaanxi Province. According to Taiwan news media
In addition, China's portal site NetEase newspaper as 'we see the object that is scattered in the mountains are written clearly is three characters of' China Kou ' ' , reports , another person is taken from the above image The video that seems to have been released has been released.
The photos
The object that fell this time is believed to be the first stage of the Long Expedition 4 B rocket launched on September 7. Below is a photo of the first stage of the rocket being assembled. If you compare the parts of the rocket with 'Chinese aviation' to the size of the person standing on the scene, you can see how huge the parts of the rocket are.
Photo of the stage during assembly for size comparison.
— LaunchStuff (@LaunchStuff) September 7, 2020
ℹ: https://t.co/SNQZxA4j4d pic.twitter.com/IdYlGjJ8uP
Space.com, which handles astronomy-related news, said, 'The first stage of the Long Expedition 4 B rocket uses a toxic mixture of hydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide as a propellant, and both are healthy when contacted. There is a risk of serious consequences,' he said, suggesting that the orange smoke rising from the point of fall was due to toxic propellant.
China has made remarkable progress in the space development field in recent years, but in November 2019 parts of Long Expedition 3 B rocket hit a private house directly, causing an accident such as fire and toxic smoke The attitude to do is often a problem.
It is reported that a booster of Chinese long expedition No. 3 B rocket hit a private house and a highly poisonous fuel was scattered-GIGAZINE
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