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Where will it land? Chinese rocket debris said to re-enter Earth s atmosphere in just hours
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In this photo released by China s Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China s Hainan Province, Thursday, April 29, 2021.
The core of
scientists and government agencies still cannot pinpoint the point of impact.
Core, or first-stage, rockets normally don t go into orbit like the Long March 5B, instead making a controlled re-entry shortly after launch.
However, this rocket launched to carry a module for
Michio Kaku details the impending rocket crash due to take place this weekend on Your World with Neil Cavuto
The core of China sLong March 5B rocket is predicted to re-enter the Earth s atmosphere in a matter of hours, but scientists and government agencies still cannot pinpoint the point of impact.
Core, or first-stage, rockets normally don t go into orbit like the Long March 5B, instead making a controlled re-entry shortly after launch.
However, this rocket launched to carry a module for China s first permanent space station on April 28 was not designed with safeguards that would help steer the spacecraft away from land or villages off of Africa s Ivory Coast, where more shrapnel from a Long March 5B rocket crashed last May.