{
  "id": 557374,
  "title": "China rocket launch fails after ‘flight anomaly’, reports of explosion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/china-rocket-launch-fails-after-flight-anomaly-reports-of-explosion-557374",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T09:32:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
    "slug": "hong-kong-free-press-hongkongfp",
    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/11/china-rocket-launch-fails-after-flight-anomaly-reports-of-explosion/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Chinese rocket carrying a communications satellite failed in its launch, state media said, attributing the failure to a “flight anomaly” as reports and videos suggested the spacecraft had exploded in mid-air. Beijing has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years to achieve what President Xi Jinping calls the country’s “space […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}