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A 21-metric-ton core stage is poised to perform an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere at 10:21 p.m. ET on November 4, give or take around 16 hours. Sadly, this marks the fourth time ...
The final countdown was interrupted three times due to problems with the flight control computer and the tracking software. [20] The rocket finally launched at 12:43 UTC. [21] The second launch on 2 July 2017 experienced an anomaly shortly after launch and was switched to an alternate, gentler trajectory.
Uncontrolled 29 April 2021 Long March 5B core (5B-Y3 flight) China: 21,600 kg (47,600 lb) 30 July 2022 [9] 6 days Uncontrolled 24 July 2022 Long March 5B core (5B-Y4 flight) China: 21,600 kg (47,600 lb) 4 November 2022 [10] 4 days Uncontrolled 31 October 2022 Cosmos 557: USSR: 19,400 kg (42,800 lb) 22 May 1973: 11 days: Uncontrolled: 11 May ...
The rocket was launched as part of a China's project to build its own space station by 2023. Two more Long March 5B rockets are planned to be used.
China is closely tracking the remnants of a Long March 5B rocket launched over the weekend, but the chances of debris causing damage are very slim, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Last ...
One of China’s Long March 6A rockets has broken apart in low-Earth orbit and created a debris cloud consisting of hundreds of pieces, according to multiple space debris-tracking entities. The ...
The China Manned Space Engineering Office had intended to control the reentry, but lost telemetry and control in March 2017. [84] On May 11, 2020, the core stage of Chinese Long March 5B (COSPAR ID 2020-027C) weighing roughly 20,000 kilograms [44,000 lb]) made an uncontrolled reentry over the Atlantic Ocean, near West African coast.
Rocket debris, which generally burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry, is expected to fall off the coast of China's island province of Hainan between 11:00 a.m. (0300 GMT) and noon (0400 GMT ...