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Chinese rocket segment disintegrates over Indian Ocean
A large segment of China's Long March-5B rocket, pictured here during launch on April 29, 2021, has disintegrated over the Indian Ocean
Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which had launched the first module of China's new space station into Earth orbit on April 29.
It added that most of the segment disintegrated and was destroyed during re-entry.
"Everyone else following the #LongMarch5B re-entry can relax. The rocket is down," it tweeted.
The segment's descent matched predictions by some experts that any debris would have splashed down into the ocean, given that 70 percent of the planet is covered by water.
"The probability of causing harm... on the ground is extremely low," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said last week.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had said the US military had no plans to shoot it down, but suggested that China had been negligent in letting it fall out of orbit.
To avoid such scenarios, some experts have recommended a redesign of the Long March-5B rocket -- which does not have the ability to control its descent from orbit.
"It appears China won its gamble (unless we get news of debris in the Maldives). But it was still reckless."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...n/news-story/9625ec1521ad0790ab7ae26d886daaa5
A large segment of China's Long March-5B rocket, pictured here during launch on April 29, 2021, has disintegrated over the Indian Ocean
- AFP 28 MINUTES AGO MAY 9, 2021
Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which had launched the first module of China's new space station into Earth orbit on April 29.
It added that most of the segment disintegrated and was destroyed during re-entry.
"Everyone else following the #LongMarch5B re-entry can relax. The rocket is down," it tweeted.
The segment's descent matched predictions by some experts that any debris would have splashed down into the ocean, given that 70 percent of the planet is covered by water.
"The probability of causing harm... on the ground is extremely low," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said last week.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had said the US military had no plans to shoot it down, but suggested that China had been negligent in letting it fall out of orbit.
To avoid such scenarios, some experts have recommended a redesign of the Long March-5B rocket -- which does not have the ability to control its descent from orbit.
"It appears China won its gamble (unless we get news of debris in the Maldives). But it was still reckless."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...n/news-story/9625ec1521ad0790ab7ae26d886daaa5