File of China rocket as debris heads for Eath

Record ID: 1957788

  • Title: File of China rocket as debris heads for Eath
  • Date: 8th May 2021
  • Summary: WENCHANG, HAINAN PROVINCE, CHINA (APRIL 29, 2021) (CCTV - NO USE CHINA) VARIOUS OF LONG MARCH 5B CARRIER ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD FUEL IGNITING VARIOUS OF LONG MARCH 5B CARRIER ROCKET LIFTING OFF FROM LAUNCH PAD VARIOUS OF LONG MARCH 5B CARRIER ROCKET TAKING OFF IN AIR LONG MARCH 5B CARRIER ROCKET TAKING OFF, AS SEEN FROM A DISTANCE IN SPACE (APRIL 29, 2021) (CCTV - NO USE CHINA) VARIOUS OF EXHAUST AND FLAMES COMING FROM BOTTOM OF LONG MARCH 5B CARRIER ROCKET COMPARTMENT OF ROCKET OPENING TIANHE MODULE FLOATING AWAY IN SPACE EARTH AS SEEN FROM SPACE WENCHANG, HAINAN PROVINCE, CHINA (APRIL 29, 2021) (CCTV - NO USE CHINA) VARIOUS OF ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS IN WENCHANG CONTROL CENTRE CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER ENGINEERS CLAPPING CHIEF COMMANDER OF CHINA MANNED SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM, LI SHANGFU WALKING TO PODIUM, ENGINEERS CLAPPING IN SPACE (APRIL 29, 2021) (CCTV - NO USE CHINA) SOLAR WINGS OF TIANHE MODULE WENCHANG, HAINAN PROVINCE, CHINA (APRIL 29, 2021) (CCTV - NO USE CHINA) ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS CLAPPING BEIJING, CHINA (APRIL 29, 2021) (CCTV - NO USE CHINA) CHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG SHAKING HANDS WITH STAFF AT BEIJING AEROSPACE CONTROL CENTRE
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  • Keywords: Long March 5B carrier rocket debris uncontrolled entry
  • Location: WENCHANG, HAINAN PROVINCE, BEIJING, CHINA / IN SPACE
  • City: WENCHANG, HAINAN PROVINCE, BEIJING, CHINA / IN SPACE
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Science,Space Exploration
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EC3N9S7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Debris from a large Chinese rocket is expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend.
    The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday (May 7) most of it would burn up on reentry and was highly unlikely to cause any harm.
    Earlier in the week the U.S. military said what it called an uncontrolled re-entry was being tracked by U.S. Space Command. The location of the rocket's descent into Earth's atmosphere as it falls back from space "cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry," which is projected to occur around May 8, U.S. Space Command said.
    The Long March 5B rocket blasted off from China's Hainan island on April 29, carrying the unmanned Tianhe module, which contains what will become living quarters on a permanent Chinese space station.
    Harvard-based astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell told Reuters this week there was a chance that pieces of the rocket could come down over land such as in May 2020, when pieces from another Chinese Long March 5B rocket rained down on the Ivory Coast, damaging several buildings. He said potentially dangerous debris would likely escape incineration after streaking through the atmosphere at hypersonic speed but in all likelihood would fall into the sea, given that 70% of the world is covered by ocean.
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