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Large Chinese Rocket Booster Set to Crash to Earth This Weekend
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Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1387 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
The Rocket that boosted the core of China's new space station 'Tianhe' to orbit on April 29th is set to reenter the atmosphere and crash to Earth on Saturday or Sunday. The large 'Long March 5 B' rocket booster is reported to be tumbling in space as it orbits just 100 miles overhead. There is apparently no ability to control when or where the booster will fall. Please find a link, below, to an article with further information: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/astronomy-space-david-dickinson/tianhe-booster-to-reenter-this-weekend/ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well it finally crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. Cheers. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21111 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Well... That was a close call on the Maldives: Chinese rocket debris crashes into Indian Ocean - state media China was 'lucky' with that one... Who's next for a 'game' of lobbing 'the hand grenade' over your neighbor's wall?... Fly safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
We'll have to watch the sky again I suppose for falling Chinese scrap. :-( Another Chinese Rocket Could Be Headed for a Dangerous Uncontrolled Reentry. A powerful rocket is set to blast off from Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan on a mission to expand China’s first space station. Similar to previous launches of the Long March 5B, however, the rocket could perform a dangerous uncontrolled reentry on its return. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well it's up, but it seems no one knows where it'll come down. China successfully launches Wentian module as space station nears completion. Get your hard hats ready. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Anytime time now. A 25-ton Chinese rocket booster will crash to Earth today. It could come down anywhere. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It's again time to watch out for another uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentry. China to launch space station lab module Mengtian Monday afternoon. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
China's Latest Out-of-Control Rocket Expected to Crash on Saturday, November 5 at 2:21 a.m. UTC, but where it'll come down nobody knows. Get your hard hats ready. Cheers. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22502 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
A few hours later than the guesstimated time of decent and it could wake up the citizens of Beijing - maybe that would stir the Chinese authorities into sorting out their random garbage distribution system (aka rocket boosters) into having a more controlled re-entry plan. (Imagine President Xi's displeasure if a chunk of it landed in his back garden....) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Thankfully it's down with no reports of damage. About 300 flights delayed during forced airspace closure due to Chinese rocket debris falling. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Do we now have to keep an eye out falling stainless steel Chinese rockets? Mini Starship? Chinese startup wants to make its own version of SpaceX Mars rocket. I also wonder where the plans for it came from. And then there's their other up coming rocket. China's huge new crew-launching moon rocket could fly for 1st time in 2027. More to worry about. Cheers. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21111 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Was it China that coined and trademarked the phrase?: "What goes up must come down!" Have ya crash hats at the ready... Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It's seems that we on Earth don't have to worry about worry about china's latest rocket landing on our heads, but Chinese upper rocket body disintegrates into big cloud of space junk which will eventually cause problems in orbit. It seems that they can't do much right. :-( |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
They've done it yet again. :-( Piece of Chinese rocket plunges to Earth above the US. A piece of Chinese rocket broke up over the US after it lost control, according to US Space Command.So far there havn't been any reports on where it actually impacted the ground. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36595 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Keep your hard hats ready in case of falling tiles. ;-) China's Carbon Monitoring Satellite Rocket Shedding Tiles. I wonder what type of glue they used. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Keep your hard hats ready in case of falling tiles. ;-) What else other than cheep Chinese glue. |
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