The Chinese Tianlong-3 Rocket Accidentally Launched During A Engine Test

[u/Harry_the_space_man]

A Chinese Rocket Exploded Today After It Accidentally Launched During A Static Fire Test.

Link: https://x.com/aj_fi/status/1807339807640518690?s=46&t=XQLIlKXE_nRmbO5OFOpZFw

[u/Angry__Marmot]

Was the test successful?

[u/Mingyao_13 → u/Angry__Marmot]

Mission failed successfully

[u/MySpiritAnimalSloth → u/Mingyao_13]

Fission mailed.

[u/MotherBathroom666 → u/MySpiritAnimalSloth]

Who ordered a sun?!?!?

[u/_thro_awa_ → u/MotherBathroom666]

The power of the sun ... in the palm of my hand!

[u/darkrai15 → u/_thro_awa_]

You'll get your sun when you fix this DAMN DOOR!

[u/nighteeeeey → u/MotherBathroom666]

sun is fusion not fission. sorry.

[u/ThereminLiesTheRub → u/nighteeeeey]

Just return it to Amazon 

[u/raseeleaamlover → u/MotherBathroom666]

I did. Did you check how old he is?

[u/camperw → u/MySpiritAnimalSloth]

"Snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!"

[u/Empathy404NotFound → u/Angry__Marmot]

Engine test was successful. The mission it was testing for was. A failure.

[u/GreenZeldaGuy → u/Angry__Marmot]

Well, the engine DID work...

[u/IAmRules → u/Angry__Marmot]

Guy 1: “Hey, is the launch button working?”

Guy 2 <presses button>………………”yup”

[u/thrussie → u/Angry__Marmot]

Suffering from success

[u/BbRiicS → u/Angry__Marmot]

At least they know their payload will get off the ground and go that high. What goes up will eventually come down. As for the the person filming, they are probably in a concentration camp/ reeducation camp or where ever the Chinese government puts its citizens they want to silence.

[u/Equal_Ordinary_7473 → u/BbRiicS]

Engine works , launch button works and gravity also works 😂😂😂

It seems like a successful mission 😝😝😝

[u/Cardellini_Updates → u/Angry__Marmot]

The engine seems to work great!

[u/MetaGryphon]

When was it ?

[u/Harry_the_space_man → u/MetaGryphon]

A few hours ago

[u/MikhailxReign → u/Harry_the_space_man]

Was the camera from the 90's?

[u/fun_size027 → u/MikhailxReign]

Take any top tier smartphone, zoom in on something 1000s of feet away, guarantee you it will be shitty as this.

[u/Hopeful-Battle7329 → u/fun_size027]

Samsung S24 Ultra users: * hold my beer *

Samsung S24 Ultra users 5 min later: Fuck, the internet dude was right…

[u/yourzero → u/Hopeful-Battle7329]

Samsung 24 ultra users: can I have my beer back?

[u/lucidludic → u/yourzero]

No, iBeer.

Sent from my iphon

[u/Super_Metal8365 → u/lucidludic]

Baby Rainbeer

[u/marko_kyle → u/yourzero]

iPhone users: “what beer?”

[u/Orwellian1 → u/Hopeful-Battle7329]

Nah, it will just image search a rocket and superimpose it looking all crisp and perfect throughout the whole sequence.

[u/korelin → u/Orwellian1]

lmao i was gonna make this joke

[u/theturtlemafiamusic → u/MikhailxReign]

This is definitely zoomed in like 40x

[u/TBearForever]

Premature acceleration

[u/HomsarWasRight → u/TBearForever]

IT HAPPENS TO EVERY SPACE AGENCY EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, OKAY?! IT’S NOT THAT WEIRD!

[u/Shima-shita → u/HomsarWasRight]

+10k Social score credited! Good citizen!

[u/m4ry-c0n7rary → u/HomsarWasRight]

Hope no one died ... not that we'd ever know.

[u/Vektor0 → u/HomsarWasRight]

I WAS IN THE POOL!

[u/Empathy404NotFound → u/TBearForever]

He was edging by skipping the end of a premature acceleration video.

[u/Technogamer181]

Guy who pressed the launch button:

"Oh whoops my bad"

[u/DazzlingProfession26 → u/Technogamer181]

The people’s bad

[u/ALitreOhCola → u/DazzlingProfession26]

The whole thing is looney-tunes level failures from the video to the weird anti gravity rocket hanging in mid air, and finally the colossal fart explosion.

[u/Silver_Wolf_Dragon → u/DazzlingProfession26]

"It's OUR mistake :)"

[u/Thue → u/Technogamer181]

It was a static fire test, where all the engines are supposed to fire, but the rocket is held down by clamps. Likely the clamps failed somehow.

[u/demies → u/Thue]

They just got the order wrong.

Fire rockets? check Fasten clamps? ch..shit

[u/Rees_Onable → u/Technogamer181]

Looks like they used 'counterfeit' Chinese fasteners to secure it......lol.

[u/Ascending_Flame]

The Amazon review:

“Works. 5 stars.”

[u/Formal_Profession141 → u/Ascending_Flame]

Then when the product arrives you realize it sucks but there's a note inside in broken English that says if you leave a 5-star review you get a 20$ gift card. No returns available.

[u/mockylock → u/Ascending_Flame]

"this product is meet expectations of my happy family. Will purchase more Fantastic Soup Bowl with sparkle spoon included many times as needed."

Did you find this review helpful? 👎 👍

[u/Ascending_Flame → u/mockylock]

The design is very human

[u/GarysCrispLettuce]

One of the main things stopping me from having kids is the thought that they might grow up and not know how to use a fucking camera. Chills.

[u/aT-0-Mx → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

Another view.

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/HiwKNIBbu0

Other footage starts when the rocket begins descending.

And a better copy

https://youtu.be/LCH_PapOFik?si=pD5cRGv3-ey7GdmL

And now Scott Manley reviews the footage.

https://youtu.be/u3-Kw9u37I0?si=ic2T4iw_6DZY52iA

[u/Early_Magician_2847 → u/aT-0-Mx]

For all interested, the second link is a compilation of many great views.

[u/Solrax → u/Early_Magician_2847]

And watch to the end, some of the best views are there.

[u/Cardellini_Updates → u/aT-0-Mx]

Bro you are earning the Order of Lenin 4 this one

[u/aT-0-Mx → u/Cardellini_Updates]

Not sure if that's a good or bad thing...🤔

[u/jaymzx0 → u/aT-0-Mx]

And a better copy

The sad piano music like the memorial at the end of the Oscars 😆

[u/BbRiicS → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

The shaking is probably due to them zooming in.

[u/ChimneySwiftGold → u/BbRiicS]

The losing it at times is probably due to them watching it happen in real life and not just through the camera. Plus reacting to what was probably very loud.

[u/[deleted] → u/BbRiicS]

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[u/Cardellini_Updates → u/[deleted]]

Mao's spirit visited me

what did he say

i dont speak chinese

[u/even_less_resistance → u/Cardellini_Updates]

This hit me just right this morning 💀

[u/UncleVernonK → u/Cardellini_Updates]

Tank noises.

[u/InertLeaf → u/[deleted]]

“I cannot understand you. You need to speak Chinese.”

“It’s always the same with these long noses…always talking to us in foreign languages. I don’t understand what you are saying to me. You can’t speak Chinese?”

[u/RealRatAct → u/[deleted]]

they got a different word for everything

[u/Jagerbeast703 → u/BbRiicS]

Then zoom out lol

[u/Dr_Pepper_spray → u/Jagerbeast703]

Hey everyone, look at this dot on the horizon! Trust me, that's a rocket test malfunction!

[u/Jagerbeast703 → u/Dr_Pepper_spray]

If only there was a middle ground with 1000% and 0 lolol

[u/Dr_Pepper_spray → u/Jagerbeast703]

Depends on how far away they were. My guess is this was filmed at the end of their lens.

Also might not be a lens with a zoom motor. Zooming out might be a pain in the ass.

[u/SomeFunnyGuy → u/BbRiicS]

Most people will never realized how hard it is to film one-handed, from a smuggled phone, out of an 8 foot tall cell.. while standing on someone else shoulders.

[u/Party-Benefit-3995 → u/BbRiicS]

Enhanced mode.

[u/Unlikely-Maybe9199 → u/Party-Benefit-3995]

The computer virus is spreading!

turns off the monitor

[u/Flat-Succotash4231 → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

Most likely caused by the ultra zoom and not paying attention to the camera

[u/HeavilyBearded → u/Flat-Succotash4231]

Redditor: "Ugh, why can't they hold the camera still?"
Random Person: [watching a secret missile of unknown capability fall from the sky].

[u/GarysCrispLettuce → u/Flat-Succotash4231]

In other words, not knowing how to use a fucking camera.

[u/LifeTitle3951 → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

In other words living in the moment and not caring about the quality video they could have made for mom and dad and risking being a disappointment. Totally worth it.

[u/UptownShenanigans → u/LifeTitle3951]

So they’re both failing at camera work and living the moment

[u/Questioning-Zyxxel → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

I'm not so convinced you would do better. Even professional people tends to have issues with tracking when they need to use silly magnifications to have something to actually capture. Their only advantages is they don't need to hand-hold, so they get a bit less camera shake. But still so easy to end up with "where is that than plane or rocket???"

[u/Dr_Pepper_spray → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

Ugh... It's a cell phone zoomed in. If you breathe it'll shake, even with image stabilization on. I'm sorry the guy filming this didn't run to grab his tripod or ronin.

At least he filmed it landscape.

[u/frank_datank_ → u/Dr_Pepper_spray]

At least he filmed it landscape.

You sure about that?

[u/shartshooter → u/frank_datank_]

It's a fucking gem of a comment...follows internet comments about the importance of filming in landscape but doesn't  know which is which.

[u/fluffs-von → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

Probably the best comment I'll read on reddit this week. Thank you!

[u/Due-Grapefruit-5864 → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

Here I was thinking I was funny sometimes

[u/ichkanns]

"Wait no, come back!"

"Okay!"

"No! Not like that!"

[u/Flickr_Bean]

r/killthecameraman

[u/talann → u/Flickr_Bean]

Literally followed it the entire time until the moment of impact. WTF MAN!?!

[u/KrackerJoe → u/talann]

I think this is the main character from Cloverfield holding the camera here

[u/TheSummer301 → u/KrackerJoe]

Nah, Erlich is in Tibet

[u/chicken_pear → u/Flickr_Bean]

That's probably what the Chinese gov will do when they figure out who they are.

[u/Thue → u/Flickr_Bean]

Other people captured that last part on video: https://youtu.be/vwdGSs13V38?t=64

[u/MydnightWN → u/Flickr_Bean]

https://x.com/runews/status/1807386270009581681?s=19

[u/kon---]

Excellent camera work

[u/Extreme_Cricket_3892 → u/kon---]

Chines quality work

[u/TheDebateMatters → u/Extreme_Cricket_3892]

English spelling.

[u/AhdaAhda]

I read the news report coming from China. Apparently the connection point on the ground didn't hold the rocket sturdy enough. That's why the rocket went up in the sky. The villagers were warned about the test and have evacuated the area two days ago, so there were no casualties.

source https://www.singtao.ca/googleamp/amp.php?region=vancouver_hk&cat=145&post_id=6753553

[u/Necro_Bee → u/AhdaAhda]

Why the fuck are there villages near a rocket launch pad?

[u/toetappy → u/Necro_Bee]

Cuz fucking politics. They don't want to put them on the coast because they don't want the US spying on their progress. Lol

One of spacex's Falcon 9 rockets just successfully completed its TWENTY THIRD launch/landing. In total, the falcon 9 rockets completed their missions and landed to be reused 294 times!!

[u/Much_Horse_5685 → u/toetappy]

China actually built its original rocket launch sites inland for protection from any possible naval attack, albeit with the infamous consequence of dropping spent rocket stages on villages. Putting rocket launch sites inland provides no protection from spy satellites.

China now has a much newer coastal launch facility, Wenchang, however its launch infrastructure can only be used to launch the newer Long March 5 launch vehicle and cannot be used to launch legacy launch vehicles.

[u/marrangutang → u/AhdaAhda]

Really? They evacuate entire villages for an engine test? Crazy

[u/Consistently_Carpet → u/marrangutang]

Seems less crazy after seeing this.

Just hope no one there is watching it land on their house.

[u/redpandaeater → u/AhdaAhda]

Well further evidence they don't have a way to even self-destruct the rocket like any sane rocket program does. Blowing it up so the vast majority of fuel is burned up before it impacts the ground is just relatively basic range safety. They haven't learned a thing since Intelsat 708's failed launch.

[u/Plane_Blackberry_537]

Of course I hope that no person was hurt (probably) and that there is minimal evironmental damage (probably not), but this is the funniest thing I have seen for a long time.

[u/Capta1nRon → u/Plane_Blackberry_537]

“Hey boss. Am I fired?”

“Unfortunately no”

“Uh oh”

[u/_Totorotrip_ → u/Capta1nRon]

-Sorry, we will fire you

-Oh, ok, it's not that bad then

-Squad, ready to fire

[u/maytrix007]

I’ve taken better footage of someone skiing while skiing myself. This person was standing still and had a single moving target to follow making rather predictable movements. 🤦‍♂️

[u/DirectlyTalkingToYou → u/maytrix007]

Give him a break he was probably eating and trying to burp his baby at the same time.

[u/NY1_S33]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee long gone

[u/the85141rule]

Nice work, Kubrick.

[u/daemoohn2]

Well… isn’t there some sort of termination sequence that can be sent to the rocket if it goes wild? Based on movies I think US rockets have such feature.

Also… this is cringey to watch in Kerbal Space Program, seeing it IRL makes it even scarier.

[u/SteamedGamer → u/daemoohn2]

I'm guessing since was supposed to just be an engine test, they hadn't enabled the self-destruct.

[u/ellWatully → u/daemoohn2]

Termination systems aren't installed for static tests in the US either. We install inert systems to collect data on temperature and vibration, etc, but you're not planning for a test stand failure that allows the engine to escape. That's a #ReallyBadDay.

[u/Dar_Vender → u/daemoohn2]

Most countries will have a requirement to have a working flight termination system to get permission to fly. This is more of a grey area because it was meant to be a static fire. So in theory you wouldn't need to have one but if it flew off it's stand like that in most places I think the authorities would be asking some rough questions. However none of that matters because China basically do what they want. They regularly just release stages over land and just hope it doesn't hit anyone. And those stages sometimes have cancer causing toxic propellants in them that you wouldn't want to be anywhere near.

[u/exoriare → u/Dar_Vender]

 And those stages sometimes have cancer causing toxic propellants in them that you wouldn't want to be anywhere near.

Water contamination is a bigger issue. The entire Columbia river system in the US was heavily contaminated with perchlorates from the shuttle's solid-rocket boosters. The EPA didn't even regulate perchlorates until 20111. 

https://www.ewg.org/research/rocket-fuel-drinking-water

[u/Danny_Mc_71]

Shazbat!

[u/Lucky_Chaarmss → u/Danny_Mc_71]

Mork calling Orson...

[u/Infninfn]

Check out the other video from that guy on Twitter. You see the huge scale of the explosion on the ground. Hundreds of metres? A kilometre or two? You're not getting out of that unscathed if you were in the vicinity.

[u/Efficient_Pickle4744]

This is what happens when you buy your rockets from Temu

[u/maybemaynotbe001]

They forgot to put velcro

[u/DemonPeanut4]

The person who filmed that explosion also filmed all of the Bigfoot sightings.

[u/moomoonmoonoowoolf]

Dad must have loved you on flashlight duty hey?

[u/OfficiallyColin]

They forgot to get old guy to slap it and say she ain’t goin nowhere.

[u/GlancingBlame]

This is pretty much me playing Kerbal Space Program 🤣

[u/Stohpsel]

Someone forgot to pull the handbreak.

[u/Massive_Eye6373]

Now who pressed the button this time!!!!

[u/Artunke_Pistanke]

No time to lose, quick! Press the RED button!

[u/Due-Manufacturer-232]

Haha, oopsie.

[u/stressHCLB]

“The engine test was 99% successful, but there is a nuance.

[u/Cool_Butterscotch_88]

There's gotta be another video of the impact. How long it seemed to hang at the apex was awesome.

[u/xenoz2020]

The worst cameraman in the world

[u/Mnemod09]

Guess the QC on this project is toast.

Badum-Tsssss!!!!

[u/MaxPatriotism]

At least it wasnt carrying an active payload.

[u/kujasgoldmine]

Missed the money shot

[u/extremeindiscretion]

Worst.... Cameraman... Ever..

[u/CocoRainbow]

You missed the god damn money shot. You hand one job Terry.

[u/Blk_tx]

Welp someone is fired...or dead

[u/3rdey3op3n]

That’s why you don’t get rockets from Temu

[u/Mattarell08]

Rocket from Temu

[u/wallix]

Unless you have a sweet optical zoom and you have the skills to track your subject - shoot at full res always. You can blow it up in a cheap editor later. Then you always have the full pic and you don't have to stress over zooming in on a dot.

[u/vuU-Uuv]

Do they need to test the engine again on the new rocket?

[u/Ladwith76Iq]

2 people were harmed in this accident. 1 died due to heart attack.

[u/onlinedisguise]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/tqTSLNmykk

Better angles

[u/true_pink_fan]

r/killthecameraman

[u/cccanterbury]

What a shitty cameraman

[u/doggmananv]

Worst camera operator ever

[u/wtype]

"Launch? I said lunch!"

[u/TheGaslighter9000X]

Let me guess, they used chinese parts?

[u/Mission-Storm-4375]

Killthecameraman

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[u/OperatorJo_]

"Oops"

[u/EasyBounce]

That was a much bigger and more satisfying boom than I thought it would have when it hit the ground. It sounded like some windows got broken in the background.

[u/TheBloodyNickel]

Wasn’t an accidental launch during an engine test the plot to SpaceCamp(1986)?

[u/RigbyNite]

They work.

[u/wdshrd]

Harbor Freight launch pad clamps.

[u/yIdontunderstand]

Scientists..

"well I guess it works...."

[u/Dr_Pepper_spray]

Jin Yang!!!!

[u/Kineo207]

That thing was Tiangone

[u/Heavenclone]

SpaceY

[u/Frostybawls42069]

"Accidentally" and "launched" aren't words you want in the same sentence as "rockets. "

[u/Mr_GoodbyeCruelWorld]

Premature launch. There are pills for that.

[u/Ok_Obligation2559]

Apparently you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to be a rocket scientist

[u/ReplacementQueasy394]

Sir it looks like a giant...

[u/Illustrious_Donkey61]

Well at least we know it works

[u/freeshipping808]

Damn

[u/SirFunkytonThe3rd]

First I hope everyone is okay.

Second I was nervous someone found my Kerbal Space Program footage and leaked it

[u/CadaverBlue]

AI YAA!!!!!

[u/chidz34]

Someone forgot to strap the rocket in.

[u/wesweb]

"oh my bad", but in Chinese

[u/L0nlySt0nr]

China lookin a lot like my game of Kerbal Space Program..

[u/slicwilli]

r/killthecameraman

[u/GoatsNHose]

It's not like it's rocket science... Oh. Wait

[u/alec83]

Which person did not turn up for their shift

[u/AncientSkys]

Expensive mistake.

[u/This_Walrus7244]

Worthless cameraman

[u/Forestsounds89]

Fucking shit camera man missed the shot

Where did it land?

[u/Augmented_Desire]

RIP that intern

[u/lakmus85_real]

Is this story now a contest for the shittiest video format? What the fuck is this stretched monstrosity? First vertical video in horizontal frame, now this.

[u/GatorGuru]

And we’re supposed to be afraid of Russia and China becoming allies. Look at this. 😂

[u/Electrical_Reply_770]

worst camera man ever

[u/Dense-Appearance3868]

Well, that dragon absolutly did not reach heaven…

[u/SignificanceCute4212]

Kill the cameraman.

[u/Ok_Custard89]

Rocket: "So long suckers!"

[u/GootandDamwell]

Thanks, camera man.. you robbed me of the best part 😒

[u/xy_87]

If it looks slow motion, then you know it's massive.

[u/VancouverApe]

“Accidentally” on purpose 😂

[u/maxmcleod]

Could you imagine being an engineer watching that happen.... "oh...wait... is that the...? FUCK!!!"

[u/Tito_Tito_1_]

The janitors inside: Hold up - did you hear that?

[u/Kryptosis]

Love how none of the locals were even aware of a “launch site” in their home town. Now they have rockets landing on their farms and dousing their water table with rocket fuel.

[u/cynical69]

https://youtu.be/wmmhJqAHLbw?si=uaavwHlrKcLMPvT7

[u/No_Scallion9009]

Well, the engines work!

Also, worst video-taker ever!

[u/touringwheel]

r/killthecameraman

[u/bensbigboy]

Sounds like they're calling for "chowder, chowder, chowder," when obviously it needed more cow bell

[u/NiceCunt91]

/r/killthecameraman

[u/ResponsibleSundae330]

So glad my mom was there in China to record this on her iPhone 7

[u/douglasrac]

Filming a successful flight: perfect angle, zero shacking, camera on target all the time, no trees.

Filming a crash:

[u/MulletofLegend]

According to Elon this was a great success.

[u/Neoliberal_Boogeyman]

Good news! the rocket does indeed to up!

[u/smooth_tendencies]

You had one fucking job, cameraman

[u/Primary-Wash7434]

These Chinese fireworks are getting out of hand.

[u/PenguinTheOrgalorg]

How do you accidentally launch a fucking rocket?

[u/The_Scarred_Man]

Temu rockets be like

[u/RoRoRoub]

Made in China

[u/NotIansIdea]

r/KillTheCameraMan

[u/darkfae83]

That's what happens with those TEMU rockets.