Chinese rocket updates: Debris hurtling toward Earth at 18,000 mph
Remnants of Chinese rocket hurtles toward Earth
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Latest update, 8:24 p.m.: The reentry window has shifted to between 9:11 and 11:11 p.m. ET. Saturday, with the projected landing now in the Mediterranean Basin.
Update, 5:03 p.m. The latest data from the U.S. Space Force has narrowed the reentry window for the rocket body to just two hours: 9 to 11 p.m. ET. Computer projections show that if the debris were to reenter the atmosphere at exactly 10:04 p.m. ET on Saturday, it likely would be over the northern Atlantic Ocean, though the location varies minute to minute.
Chinese rocket updates: Debris splashes down in Indian Ocean
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Latest update, 12:36 a.m.: The rocket has reentered Earth s atmosphere and fell into the Indian ocean north of the Maldives at latitude 22.2, longitude 50.0, according to an update from Space-Track.
Latest update, 11:45 p.m.: The rocket has reentered Earth s atmosphere, according to U.S. Space Command, which has been providing updates via Space-Track. The Space Command said it believes the rocket splashed down in the Indian Ocean, but was waiting for official confirmation from 18 Space Control Squadron. The official China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, meanwhile, said on Weibo it had reentered the Earth s atmosphere at 10:24 p.m. ET and provided coordinates: around 72.47° east longitude and 2.65° north latitude. Those coordinates would put it in the northern Indian Ocean, near the Maldives.