Claim: This video shows a rocket which burst into flames minutes after takeoff in China.
Fact-check: Misleading: This video shows failed rocket launch in Japan, not China | annie lab
Verdict: misleading. the rocket in the video was actually developed in japan by a startup company interstellar technologies. the japanese rocket, named momo-2, failed to launch and exploded more than two years ago on june 30, 2018, in the northern island of hokkaido.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Aurora Xue
Date published: 2020-11-02T09:22:17