After much speculation on where the Chinese Long March rocket was going to land, the debris from the spacecraft has fallen into the Indian Ocean.
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The rocket’s debris landed in the western region of the Maldives after social media made several predictions where it could’ve landed. A major concern regarding the debris was whether it was going to land in heavily populated cities but engineers said most of the debris has burned up once it reached the atmosphere around 10:24 a.m. Beijing time as reported by the New York Post.
Long March B5 was launched on April 29 as a testing module for China’s future space station.
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NASA officials were very critical of the rocket’s initial launch as it posed a safety issue due to the large size of debris that would re-enter the earth.
“Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of re-entries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations. China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris.”