It's too soon to tell where the 25-ton piece of space junk will come down.
The rocket body will likely stay aloft for about a week, according to researchers with The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Orbital Reentry and Debris Studies . They've analyzed tracking data gathered by the U.S.
Space Surveillance Network and predict that the rocket body will reenter Earth's atmosphere around 3:30 a.m. EDT on July 31, plus or minus 22 hours.Our latest prediction for #CZ5B rocket body reentry is: 🚀 31 Jul 2022 07:34 UTC ± 22 hours Reentry will be along one of the ground tracks shown here. It is still too early to determine a meaningful debris footprint. Follow this page for updates: https://t.co/SxrMtcJnj0 pic.twitter.
"The general rule of thumb is that 20-40% of the mass of a large object will reach the ground, but the exact number depends on the design of the object," The Aerospace Corporation wrote in anThe core stages of most orbital-class rockets are designed to come down shortly after liftoff, steered safely into the sea or over sparsely populated sections of terra firma — or to make powered, vertical landings to enable reuse, as SpaceX'sand Falcon Heavy first stages do.
We saw such undirected dives on the two previous Long March 5B missions. The rocket debuted on May 5, 2020. About a week later, a Long March 5B body came down in an uncontrolled manner off Africa's west coast,
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