Huge Chinese rocket debris will fall to Earth soon, but no one knows where

  • Date: 08-May-2021
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Gulf
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Huge Chinese rocket debris will fall to Earth soon, but no one knows where

A huge core stage of a Chinese rocket will make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth some time during a 12-hour window that starts in the early hours of Sunday.

Leading astrophysicists and space agencies are live tracking the debris, but no one can pinpoint an exact location until hours before the re-entry.

The remnants are part of the 21-ton Long March 5B, China’s largest rocket, which launched the core module of the Chinese Space Station on April 29.