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A Chinese rocket, the Long March 7A, failed and exploded on its 10 August launch in Wenchang, Hainan, China.

State media reported that the failure occurred due to an "in-flight anomaly".

This was the rocket's first failure since its maiden flight in March 2020, according to Reuters.

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