A huge Chinese rocket fell back to Earth this weekend in a spectacular display as it broke apart during its return to space.
China's most powerful rocket, the Long March 5B, reentered Earth's atmosphere Saturday (July 30) after it launched the Wentian module to the space station on July 24. A group of stargazers captured videos of the rocket's reentry and shared them on social media.
The biggest spaceship to fall out of the sky.
meteor spotted in kuching! #jalanbako 31/7/2022 pic.twitter.com/ff8b2zI2swJuly 30, 2022
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A video from Kuching, Malaysia appears to show the Long March 5B rocket stage breaking apart. The object was trailed by a trail of fiery debris as it was shown in the video.
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A similar view was captured from Kuching, showing debris in the sky over an ornate rooftop as the rocket stage burned up.
Kuching Sarawak.. meteor or apa pic.twitter.com/HJzN1zbOJ6July 30, 2022
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A video from Lampung, Indonesia, was posted on the social media site. Marco Langbroek, a veteran satellite tracker, said that the news shows what appears to be an early phase of the reentry when the Long March 5B rocket stage was mostly intact.
A couple of skywatchers, including a user on the social networking site, captured views as well.
Objek seperti tahi bintang kelihatan di langit beberapa kawasan di seluruh Sarawak sekitar jam 12.50 malam tadi.Kredit : Haiqal Iskandar pic.twitter.com/mCfe8Uy4xdJuly 30, 2022
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Komet?@RoyalAstroSoc @akademisains pic.twitter.com/IgEh42dYmCJuly 30, 2022
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The China Manned Spaceflight Engineering office said in a statement that the re-entry took place at 119.0 degrees east and 9.1 degrees north latitude, a location off the coast of the Philippines.
According to experts with The Aerospace Corporation Center for Orbital Reentry and Debris Studies, the debris from China's Long March 5B rocket stage was expected to survive the return to Earth. Critics have criticized the practice of allowing the Long March 5B to fall from the sky.
The China National Space Administration did not give trajectory information on the falling Long March 5B as it returned to Earth.
"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." Ensuring the safety of people here on Earth is important to the responsible use of space.
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