This is the fourth case of debris falling from this carrier in two years.
23-ton fragment of a Chinese rocket – Changzheng 5's carrier crashed into the south-central Pacific Ocean without causing any damage, according to Space.com. The debris fell to Earth in an uncontrolled manner, so it was impossible to predict in which region of the planet it would end up.
The fall of Changzheng-5 debris was confirmed by the US Space Command. The debris entered the atmosphere on November 4 at 10:01 UTC. Later, the Space Command published another tweet, in which it was reported that the second re-entry of the rocket debris took place five minutes after the first in the North Pacific Ocean.
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Since it was impossible to predict in which region the fragments would fall, experts from all over the world watched their entry into the atmosphere. Part of Spain's airspace was closed to aircraft,
A launch vehicle launched the third module of the Chinese space station into orbit on October 31. As with previous launches of such missiles, China did not provide any mechanisms that would guarantee the fall of the fragment in uninhabited regions of the Earth. And this is becoming commonplace, as the country does not equip its launch vehicles with any means to allow them to safely enter the atmosphere.
This is the fourth time that a fragment of Long March 5B has fallen uncontrollably to Earth. In previous times, fragments fell near the coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives and near the island of Borneo. The penultimate incident happened in early August.
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Fortunately, no one was injured during the events.
