The Long March 5b is huge: it weighs about 20 tons and has the height of a ten story building. It’s also possible the out-of-control rocket or its debris will strike a commercial aircraft flying above or around the U.S., a threat that became realized when planes were threatened by China’s last out-of-control rocket.Īerospace Corporation is one of a few entities located around the world tracking this huge rocket as it tumbles back to Earth. Traveling at speeds of around 15,000 mph, the massive rocket body could strike somewhere in the southern two thirds of the United States from the California/Oregon border to the New York / Pennsylvania border and points south, including the island of Hawaii. Yet again, an out-of-control spent rocket launched by China in recent days is racing back towards Earth and what’s left of it is now forecast by Aerospace Corporation to strike the planet somewhere in about 48 hours. Each tick shows the distance covered in a 5 minute period, reinforcing just how fast this object is racing back to Earth.
The blue line shows ground track uncertainty prior to the middle of the re-entry window while the yellow line shows the ground track uncertainty after the middle of the reentry window. Each line shows where the out-of-control rocket may tumble back to Earth on its final orbits around the globe in the coming days.
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