Chinese Long March 5B rocket debris lands into Indian Ocean
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The debris from China’s Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket has crashed landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives.
China Manned Space Engineering Office provided the coordinates of the debris’ point of impact and its re-entry time into the Earth’s atmosphere.
The agency said that most of the device was burned up during the re-entry.
US Space Command also confirmed that the Chinese Long March 5B re-entered over the Arabian Peninsula on 8 May at around 10:15pm EDT.
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