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Out-of-control rocket: North Island named as latest crash location 8 May, 2021 04:50 AM 4 minutes to read North Island named as 'informed prediction' for where Chinese rocket debris will land. Photo / via The Aerospace Corporation North Island named as 'informed prediction' for where Chinese rocket debris will land. Photo / via The Aerospace Corporation NZ Herald Calculations into where a section of an out-of-control rocket will land this weekend have been updated - and New Zealand's North Island is the latest "informed prediction". But don't panic - China's foreign ministry said most debris...

 08 May 2021 - 13:54 File Photo. Reuters The Peninsula Online Doha: According to the satellite re-entry map released by International Astronomical Center, Qatar and five other Arab countries are safe from Chinese rocket debris falling on them.   In principle, according to the latest updates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon and Yemen are safe from the falling debris, stated the twitter account of the astronomy center.  In another tweet, it stated that the Chinese rocket debris will pass four times over the Arab world tonight. The first being at 6:30pm over the Arabian Gulf, then at 8:...

Remnants of China's largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere late Saturday or early Sunday, European and U.S. tracking centres said on Saturday. China's foreign ministry said on Friday that most debris from the rocket will burn on re-entry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm, after the U.S. military said that what it called an uncontrolled re-entry was being tracked by U.S. Space Command. read more EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) said its latest prediction for the timing of the re-entry of the Long March 5B rocket body was 190 mi...

By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Remnants of China’s largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere late Saturday or early Sunday, European and U.S. tracking centres said on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the core module of China's space station Tianhe, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, China April 29, 2021. China Daily via REUTERS China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that most debris from the rocket will burn on re-entry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm, after the ...

EU SST said on its website that the statistical probability of a ground impact in populated areas is "low", but noted the uncontrolled nature of the object made any predictions uncertain. The Long March 5B - comprising one core stage and four boosters - lifted off from China's Hainan island on April 29 with the unmanned Tianhe module, which contains what will become living quarters on a permanent Chinese space station. The rocket is set to be followed by 10 more missions to complete the station. Long March 5 rockets have been integral to China's near-term space ambitions - from the delivery o...