29 July 2022
By Sam Tonkin and Jonathan Chadwick
An out-of-control Chinese rocket booster (click here) will hurtle back to Earth on Sunday – and could hit land in populated areas, experts say.
The falling space debris is the result of the Long March 5B launch on July 24 to deliver the Wentian experiment module to China's Tiangong Space Station.
Weighing around 22 metric tons (about 48,500 lb), it's set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at 00:24 BST on Sunday, give or take 16 hours either way, according to Aerospace Corporation.
The US nonprofit, which is tracking the debris, has highlighted a huge area of Earth where the debris could fall, but said it's 'still too early' to know exactly where....
More than 88 per cent of the world’s population lives under the potential re-entry area, which spans all of Africa, India, Australia and Central America....
The falling space debris is the result of the Long March 5B launch on July 24 to deliver the Wentian experiment module to China's Tiangong Space Station.
Weighing around 22 metric tons (about 48,500 lb), it's set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at 00:24 BST on Sunday, give or take 16 hours either way, according to Aerospace Corporation.
The US nonprofit, which is tracking the debris, has highlighted a huge area of Earth where the debris could fall, but said it's 'still too early' to know exactly where....
More than 88 per cent of the world’s population lives under the potential re-entry area, which spans all of Africa, India, Australia and Central America....
