For the second time in just over a year, another Chinese rocket has crashed out of control over the Indian Ocean, between the Maldives and Malaysia, separated by about 5,000 km.
At 18:50 Spanish time this Saturday, the “uncontrolled” re-entry into the atmosphere occurred, some debris of about 5.5 to 9.9 tons have impacted the ocean. It is another Long March 5B that was launched on July 24 to orbit the second module of the Tiangong space station.
It has fallen again near the Maldives
Like the Long March 5B that went out of control in May 2021, this one has also fallen over the Indian Ocean and near the Maldives. This time some social media users have managed to record the debris shower.
Propeller motors do not restart
The case of these rockets is that when they reach space they release part of their assembly, remaining in orbit to fall back to the planet, falling without any order and with the idea that it does not cause damage. Being dangerous the way to eliminate the residues.