BEIJING: A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. In Beijing, officials had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which […]
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China says ‘extremely low’ risk of damage from rocket debris: Beijing
China said on Friday that the risk of damage from a rocket falling back to Earth was “extremely low”, after the United States warned it could crash down onto an inhabited area. Military experts in the US expect the body of the Long March 5B rocket, which separated from Beijing’s space station, to come down […]