A massive Chinese rocket booster has made an uncontrolled reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, the U.S. Space Command confirms.
The Aerospace Corporationit is now following Space-Track.org for confirmation of reentry and location because the rocket may be too low to be seen by its sensors. It also updated that its latest prediction for reentry is 1:08 p.m., plus or minus an hour.Share to TwitterWith an object of this size, some but not all of the rocket booster will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, with 20-40% of the mass -- about five to nine metric tons -- likely to remain, according to the Aerospace Corporation.
Due to the uncontrolled reentry, there is a"non-zero chance" that the surviving debris will land in a populated area, with over 88% of the world's population living"under the reentry’s potential debris footprint," the Aerospace Corporation"We shouldn't have to worry about this, but the risk is way higher than it should be," Ted Muelhaupt, a consultant with Aerospace's Corporate Chief Engineer's Office, said during a Twitter conversation on the...
on Wednesday."The probability of this process causing harm to aviation activities or to the ground is extremely low."
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