Chinese rocket debris expected to crash land in unknown location
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China launched a laboratory module on Sunday to be added to its space station, but debris from its massive rocket is expected to fall back to Earth at an unknown location.
"Unfortunately, it is probable that the 21-tonne core stage will be left in low orbit to make an uncontrolled reentry at an unpredictable location," Jonathan McDowell, astronomer at the Center of Astrophysics, tweeted Sunday.
According to the Washington Post, experts believe it is highly unlikely that the debris will hit an inhabited area, but the uncertainty makes it unnecessarily risky. A study from earlier this year noted that in 2020 and 2021, parts of Chinese Long March 5B rockets crashed down. While one landed in the Indian Ocean, debris from the other damaged Ivory Coast villages.