Rare failure ends a run of successful missions for the new-generation rocket, which was carrying the ChinaSat-4B communications satellite China has suffered a rare failure of one of its newer-generation Long March rockets,

A 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-ai

A Chinese Long March 7A rocket carrying the ChinaSat-4B satellite exploded shortly after liftoff from the Wenchang Space Launch Site. The mission encountered a flight anomaly around 85 seconds into the launch,

Video: Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after take-off -

The rocket was carrying the ChinaSat-4B satellite and exploded shortly after takeoff