It's unclear at the moment if any pieces of the 25-ton Long March 5 rocket stage hit populated areas.
the rocket body reentered at 119.0 degrees east longitude and 9.1 degrees north latitude. That location is over open ocean, just off the coast of Palawan Island, which is part of the Philippines.
We'll have to wait a while to see exactly where the rocket debris came down. But the fact that the crash occurred at all does not reflect well on China and its spaceflight program, experts say. "What really should have happened is, there should have been some fuel left on board for this to be a controlled reentry," Darren McKnight, a senior technical fellow at the California-based tracking company LeoLabs, said Thursday during a Long March 5B reentry discussion that The Aerospace Corporation livestreamed on Twitter."That would be the responsible thing to do."shortly after the reentry.
"The People’s Republic of China did not share specific trajectory information as their Long March 5B rocket fell back to Earth," Nelson said. "All spacefaring nations should follow established best practices, and do their part to share this type of information in advance to allow reliable predictions of potential debris impact risk, especially for heavy-lift vehicles, like the Long March 5B, which carry a significant risk of loss of life and property," he added."Doing so is critical to the responsible use of space and to ensure the safety of people here on Earth.
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