An internal tape recording of the DongFangHong-3 launch was recently uploaded on BiliBili and it shows some rare footage of how the launch center worked back then. Pretty cool. bilibili.com/video/BV1jfLJ6b…
bilibili.com/video/BV1JXLJ6Y… This one startled me slightly, because near the end it randomly shifted into footage of the residential area of the launch center! Its visible how the hotel was erased and later rebuilt following the Intelsat 708 crash.
So the progress with the Intelsat 708 research has kinda stalled, especially due to me essentially being stuck at a dead end with contacting crewmembers. Both responded saying they cannot provide info, one even saying that its "buried for him".
Its apparently due to Loral prohibiting them from sharing info on this incident, though, if so, its weird how Bruce managed to sneak a whole testimony out
Fun Fact; a sample for the famous song "13 Angles Standing Guard Round Side Your Bed" was named "Long March Rocket Or Doomed Airliner". It was infact named after the Intelsat 708 accident.
youtube.com/watch?v=QAirERqi…
i sent an email to bruce campbell like 6 days ago
should i give up contacting the launch crew members chat i've tried to contact several other ones via facepoop messenger but never did i get a response either
It has been 42 years since the first launch of the Long March 3, and the first launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center; The launch of Dong Fang Hong 2.