Chinese rocket's insulation tiles rain down in nighttime launch

A Long March-4C rocket launched the Gaofen-12-02 Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China on March 31, 2021. The rocket sheds insulation tiles during lift off, a normal occurrence.

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