It has been reported that parts of China’s
Long March rocket, launched on Monday fell to Earth this event has caused heavy
damage two houses
The launch was China’s first moon
rover mission. The incident has happened after the parts of Long March 3B
launch vehicle separated 8 minutes after the launch and fell on the ground piercing
the wooden roofs of houses causing the damages.
Although no casualties were reported,
the Chinese authorities have agreed to pay compensation to the damaged households.
As China’s space program is expanding
with over 20 launches a year the residents of Hunan province has become
increasingly hazardous.
In
another development a Chinese-Brazilian satellite launched by the Chinese Long
March launcher failed to reached its
planned orbit and likely fell back to Earth according to Brazil's Ministry of
Science The CBERS-3 satellite was developed jointly by China and Brazil.
.The said satellite was the fourth in a series
designed to monitor land use in Brazil. Brazil now uses the US and European
facilities to monitor its resources.
Brazil has its own ambition of building and launching satellites.
A deal was reported last month between Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA and
state telecom Telebras to build and launch a satellite by 2016.
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