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China's Out-of-Control Rocket Just Plunged Back to Earth
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China's Out-of-Control Rocket Just Plunged Back to Earth

72.47 degrees east and 2.65 degrees north.

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What remains of China's largest rocket, the Long March 5B, which was launched last week, have reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, west of Maldives at around 10:24 PM ET Saturday (02:24 GMT Sunday). The announcement came from an announcement from the China Manned Space Engineering Office on a WeChat post, per CNN — [1] see below for a disclaimer.

Additionally, Reuters also reported that the impact point was somewhere west of the Maldives and citds Chinese state media as the source — 72.47 degrees east and 2.65 degrees north.

The Foreign Ministry of China previously announced on Friday that most of the payload will burn upon entry into the atmosphere and that it is highly unlikely to cause any harm. The unstable rocket previously passed over several major cities en route, including New York, Madrid, Rome, and Beijing, among several others.