China's Long March Rocket Parts Crash Into Waters Near Maldives in Indian Ocean
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Ending anxious wait of millions of people around the world, Chinese state media said debris of Long March 5B rocket fell into Indian Ocean on Sunday morning after re-entering Earth's atmosphere. The rocket parts disintegrated over waters the remnants now lie scattered west of the Maldives archipelago, Chinese space agency said.
Space-Track, which reports data collected by US Space Command, confirmed the rocket was no longer in the orbit. "Everyone else following the #LongMarch5B re-entry can relax. The rocket is down. You can see all relevant information and updates here on Twitter/Facebook, so there is no need to keep visiting the space-track dot org website," the agency said on Twitter.