A large segment of China's Long March-5B rocket, pictured here during launch on April 29, 2021, is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere AFP/STRSHANGHAI: Remnants of China's largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere in the coming hours, European and US tracking centres said.
EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said its latest prediction for the timing of the re-entry of the Long March 5B rocket body was 139 minutes either side of 0232 GMT on Sunday. Harvard-based astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell said on Twitter that it was believed the United States was safe from a potential impact but recent predictions were still tracking it from Costa Rica all the way to Australia and New Zealand.
The Long March launched last week was the second deployment of the 5B variant since its maiden flight in May last year.McDowell previously told Reuters there is a chance that pieces of the rocket could come down over land, perhaps in a populated area, as in May 2020, when pieces from the first Long March 5B fell on Ivory Coast, damaging several buildings. No injuries were reported.
"The empty rocket body is now in an elliptical orbit around Earth where it is being dragged toward an uncontrolled re-entry."
SpaceX rocket debris lands on man’s farm in Washington via Verge
Just unlucky debris hit the sea , felt so bad for western propagandist now left nothing to smear , waited few days nothing happened , so sad for this people
Bit like most products you buy from TaoBao
crazy irresponsible !🤬🤬
The CCP uses virus and rocket to scare the world!
How scary
Don't hit Singapore!!!
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