The remnants of a space rocket fell directly on a Chinese village.

The Long March 2-C successfully deployed the X-ray telescope into orbit, but the booster unit's drop point was miscalculated. pic.twitter.com/1IBy6bvhHN

— Russian Market (@runews) June 23, 2024

June 22: the booster of a 🇨🇳 Long March 2C fell into a village — most likely in Guiding County (贵定县), Guizhou — after the SVOM X-Ray Telescope was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan.

The Long March 2C launch vehicle uses highly toxic hypergolic… pic.twitter.com/8g9YFv8aEV

— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) June 23, 2024

Part of a Chinese Long March 2-C rocket carrying the SVOM mission (Space Variable Objects Monitor) satellite fell back and exploded near a residential area shortly after liftoff. 🚀💥 #LongMarch2C #SpaceMission #RocketFailure pic.twitter.com/PrgrpeuqJD

— Prakash (@Prakash20202021) June 24, 2024

China's Long March to Nowhere: 19 failures this year alone & still they insist on using homemade chips that can't even get the job done. Meanwhile, President Lai Ching-te is right to question China's military capabilities after all those failed launches.1/2 @SolomonYue@HKokbore pic.twitter.com/CRkGH0f0hY

— Yen- Ting (@YenTing39) June 23, 2024