Website tracking the crashing China rocket...

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by Overnight, May 8, 2021.

  1. Overnight

    Overnight



    ETA from this post, about an hour. But window for crashing is wide. +/- hours!

    P.S. The figure you want to pay attention to is the altitude, in the second column at the top. Currently around 147 km.
     
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  2. Overnight

    Overnight

    It's been skipping the atmosphere. Above 147, below, above. It's dropped to 137. Prolly not many skips left before it hits the thicker part of the upper atmosphere and starts breaking up. New ETA 50 minutes.
     
  3. Overnight

    Overnight

    It's down to 122km, skipping is done. Now comes the slow burn. ETA 45 minutes.
     
  4. Overnight

    Overnight

    Back up to 126. Still skipping.
     
  5. themickey

    themickey

    Atm it is climbing...

    But then this?
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  6. ph1l

    ph1l


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  7. themickey

    themickey

    Chinese rocket segment disintegrates over Indian Ocean
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    A large segment of China's Long March-5B rocket, pictured here during launch on April 29, 2021, has disintegrated over the Indian Ocean
    • AFP 28 MINUTES AGO MAY 9, 2021
    A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down.
    Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which had launched the first module of China's new space station into Earth orbit on April 29.

    It added that most of the segment disintegrated and was destroyed during re-entry.

    "Everyone else following the #LongMarch5B re-entry can relax. The rocket is down," it tweeted.

    The segment's descent matched predictions by some experts that any debris would have splashed down into the ocean, given that 70 percent of the planet is covered by water.

    "The probability of causing harm... on the ground is extremely low," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said last week.

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had said the US military had no plans to shoot it down, but suggested that China had been negligent in letting it fall out of orbit.

    To avoid such scenarios, some experts have recommended a redesign of the Long March-5B rocket -- which does not have the ability to control its descent from orbit.

    "It appears China won its gamble (unless we get news of debris in the Maldives). But it was still reckless."
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...n/news-story/9625ec1521ad0790ab7ae26d886daaa5
     
  8. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    I'm just glad no one got hurt or worse.