The fragments are from a Chinese space module launched at the end of last month. There had been speculation about where the debris would land, but experts predicted the chances of death or injuries were tiny.
A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down.
Debris of China s rocket disintegrates over Indian Ocean
ANI
09 May 2021, 14:55 GMT+10
Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): Fragments of China s Long March 5B-rocket, which was launched with the first module for the country s orbital station in April, entered the Earth s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said. On May 9, at 10:24 [02:24 GMT] the debris from the Chang Zheng 5B carrier rocket re-entered the Earth s atmosphere, the location where the debris fell into the water is at longitude 72.47 degrees east, latitude 2.65 degrees north (next to the Maldives in the Indian Ocean). Most of the debris burned up upon entry into the Earth s atmosphere, CMSEO said.
China s Long March rocket debris falls in Indian Ocean close to Maldives, ending days of uncertainty
China s Long March rocket debris falls in Indian Ocean close to Maldives, ending days of uncertainty
PTIMay 9, 2021, 11:26 IST
Indiatimes
The debris from
China s disintegrating Long March rocket entered the Earth s atmosphere on Sunday and reportedly fell into the
Indian Ocean area close to the Maldives.
The coordinates put the splash down in the Indian Ocean, close to the Maldives, Hong-Kong based South China Morning Post.
The rocket, carrying the core module for China s Tiangong Space Station, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the southern island province of Hainan on April 29.The debris from China s disintegrating Long March rocket entered the Earth s atmosphere on Sunday and reportedly fell into the Indian Ocean area close to the Maldives, the country s space agency said, ending an anxious week as people and the governments wondered where and when t
The main module carried by the rocket is poised to be the control hub for the Tiangong (or Heavenly Palace ) orbital station that China wants to finish assembling by.