Chinese firm Space Pioneer, whose Tianlong-3 rocket made global headlines over the weekend after it escaped from the launch pad during a test fire, might have overestimated its test pad’s capabilities, according to a patent of the pad posted on the social media platform Weibo. Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 is a medium lift rocket that is virtually similar to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 when it comes to thrust and other specifications. Like the Falcon, Tianlong-3 is also designed to land vertically to allow the reuse of the first stage rocket booster. The patent shows that the launch pad was capable of handling […]
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