China’s uncontrolled rocket fell over Indian Ocean, NASA said – it is dangerous not to give information

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Chinas uncontrolled rocket fell over Indian Ocean

BEIJING: The US Space Command has confirmed that an uncontrolled Long March 5B rocket from China has landed somewhere in the Indian Ocean near Malaysia’s Borneo island. However, it could not be ascertained exactly where the debris of the rocket fell. China’s space agency has also said that its rocket re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and most of it burned up while falling. US Defense Department officials said a Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday. The US space agency NASA has reprimanded Beijing for not sharing its information.

On July 24, China used a Long March 5B rocket to launch a lab module for its unfinished Tiangong space station, according to a news agency AFP news. Unlike most rockets, the Long March 5B orbits the Earth after its mission until it crashes on Earth. There is no way to control it.

Chinas uncontrolled rocket fell over Indian Ocean

This is China’s third Long March 5B launches, which has had an out-of-control landing. In 2020, China used the Long March 5B to take Tiangong’s core module into space. The debris of this rocket fell on Ivory Coast. Last year China launched its first lab module on the Long March 5B, whose fragments fell into the Indian Ocean. The Tiangong space station is part of Beijing’s ambitious space program.

This Long March 5B rocket was used to launch an unmanned spacecraft named Ventian last Sunday. China was to carry the second of three modules needed to complete its new Tiangong space station. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson took to Twitter on Saturday to criticize Beijing, saying it was an irresponsible and risky act to not share information about the rocket’s landing.

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