Philippines found suspected debris from a recent Chinese rocket launch at sea off the two provinces, officials said on Wednesday. The officials further pressed efforts for the country's need to ratify two United Nations treaties that allow people to seek compensation for damage or injury from space launches from "a space object of another state". Earlier, Spain had briefly shut its airspace in multiple regions on November 4 as remnants of a Chinese rocket passed by before hitting the ocean off Mexico’s coast.
Debris likely from a Chinese rocket has been retrieved off the Philippines for a second time this year, its authorities say, fueling criticism that China is not taking sufficient steps to reduce the risk of accidents.
Big metallic debris suspected to be wreckage of China’s Long March 5B rocket were found separately off the waters of Occidental Mindoro and Palawan, authorities confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard
In Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said