Chinese Rocket Debris to hit Somewhere on Earth this Weekend

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This weekend space experts expect an uncontrolled re-entry of  Chinese rocket debris from a launch in late April. It is uncertain where the debris will land. But it is making its way back to Earth. And it could hit any place between the North latitude lines of New York, Madrid, and Beijing. And South in a large area from Chile to New Zealand.

With the landmass-to-ocean ratio of our planet, experts hope whatever doesn’t burn up will fall into the ocean.

“Where and when the new Long March 5B stage will land is impossible to predict. The decay of its orbit will increase as atmospheric drag brings it down into more denser,” Andrew Jones of Space News reports.

 “The most likely event will see any debris surviving the intense heat of reentry falling into the oceans or uninhabited areas, but the risk remains of damage to people or property.”

The USA Herald recently reported the March SpaceX Falcon 9 launch debris. It created a spectacular light show in the night sky of Washington state. 

There was no damage done to people or property. And almost all the debris burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere, never making it to the surface.