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China launches heavyweight rocket to challenge SpaceXโ€™s Falcon 9. It fails

Chinaโ€™s attempt to launch its most powerful privately developed rocket failed on Friday after the vehicle suffered a flight anomaly. The Tianlong-3 rocket is being developed in hopes of breaking a key bottleneck in the countryโ€™s roll-out of internet satellite megaconstellations to compete with SpaceXโ€™s Starlink. The Tianlong-3, built by Beijing-based start-up Space Pioneer and seen as Chinaโ€™s answer to the US companyโ€™s workhorse reusable Falcon 9, lifted off from the Jiuquan satellite launch...