Aerospace Safety · Full chronicle and history

On the afternoon of October 18, debris from the Chinese LandSpace Zhuque-2E carrier rocket re-entered the atmosphere and crashed into an oil palm plantation in Sampit, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Local residents heard a loud roar, and there were no casualties.

On September 4, 2026, Yaogan 52-02, a Chinese military reconnaissance satellite launched in March this year, broke up in orbit, producing 13 fragments. Space-tracking expert Jonathan McDowell disclosed details of the fragments, saying a battery explosion or a collision with debris was more likely, and ruled out a deliberate shoot-down.

On the evening of August 10, 2026, Xinhua News Agency released an official report stating that the Zhongxing 4B satellite was launched from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan aboard a Long March 7A carrier rocket. After ignition and liftoff, the flight developed an anomaly and the launch mission ended in failure.

The Long March 7A rocket exploded 85 seconds after liftoff, and the launch failed; among the crowd watching at the scene, a little girl shouted "It was moved up."