An out-of-control Chinese rocket has plunged out of orbit and reentered Earth’s atmosphere, according to China's space agency
New York Debris from an out-of-control Chinese rocket likely plunged into the Indian Ocean, just west of the Maldives, on Saturday night ET, China's space agency said.
Most of the huge Long March 5B rocket, however, burned up on reentering the atmosphere, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said in a post on WeChat. It was unclear if any debris had landed on the atoll nation. The US Space Command said the Long March 5B had reentered Earth over the Arabian Peninsula.The rocket, which is about 108 feet tall and weighs nearly 40,000 pounds, had launched a piece of a new Chinese space station into orbit on April 29.
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