China’s Long March 5B rocket is set to make what the U.S. military has described as an uncontrolled reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere this weekend — though its exact entry point remains unknown. The Aerospace Corporation has been tracking the rocket on its Twitter feed, as has Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics. UPDATE Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 MAY 2021 03:02 UTC ± 2 hours along the ground track shown here. 1/ pic.twitter.com/JeIKVUd1fk — The Aerospace Corporation (@AerospaceCorp) May 8, 2021Long March 5B lifted off from China’s Hainan island on April 29. Last May, debris from the first Long March 5B rocket reportedly damaged several buildings in Côte d’Ivoire.

Source: Huffington Post May 08, 2021 23:37 UTC