A viral video miscaptions China’s rocket launching clip. The caption claims it to be a ‘Artificial Sun’ being launched into the space by China. It reports it to be five times hotter than the Sun .Videos released on several social media platforms recently shows the launch of “Artificial Sun”.
China debuted a new artificial sun ‼️😳
pic.twitter.com/6ncKa4VQy0— RapTV (@raptvcom) January 10, 2022
❌ Nope. The video in question does not show an artificial sun being launched by China. It's just a video of a rocket launch.
— snopes.com (@snopes) January 10, 2022
The 30 second clip supposedly claims the rocket launch to a man- made object “5 times hotter than the Sun” shooting up.Researched claimed to have achieved a 70 million degree Celsius temperature for around 15 minutes . Spectators were seen gathered at the beach near the launch site observing the rocket launch.
However Chinese media, reports it to be the launch of Long March- 7A rocket. The launch was made from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province of China.
China launched a Long March-7A rocket to place two satellites in space on Thursday. The rocket blasted off at 6:12 p.m. from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in S China's Hainan Province and soon sent Shiyan-12 01 and Shiyan-12 02 satellites into preset orbit. pic.twitter.com/MC4iNdTaqb
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) December 23, 2021
