First stage of Chinese Changzheng-2C rocket (Long March 2C) After successfully launching from the Xichang Cosmodrome and fulfilling its mission to put the SVOM (Space Variable Objects Monitor) X-ray space telescope into orbit, it returned to Earth and crashed near the ground – Bui Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province. The incident was captured on video.

In general, the successful launch of the Changzheng-2C launch vehicle attracted special public attention after a short video clip spread on the Internet in which people ran sideways and the first stage of Changzheng-2C crashed. The sky emits yellow-brown smoke.

The incident occurred on June 22 after Changzheng-2C launched the French-Chinese SVOM space telescope, designed to study gamma-ray bursts, into low Earth orbit.

In this case, the danger to the health of local residents is not the accelerator, but rather the toxic residues of its fuel, which is a mixture of dinitrogen tetroxide and asymmetric dimethylhydrazine.