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Tianlong 3 booster static fire test lifts off instead (youtu.be)
submitted 4 months ago by JohnDClay to c/[email protected]
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Scott Manley video, looks like the hold down claps may have ripped the bottom off the booster, allowing it to take off.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

SpaceX

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't recall Falcon 9 ever breaking free from the test stand and launching accidentally...

[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago

You are right, out of the bingo board of things that could go wrong, this one they have yet to check. Check again next year, they might get it by then!