More Junk from China
A Chinese Rocket Fell Back To Earth Totally Out Of Control
May 11, 2020
The body of a spent Chinese rocket became the largest piece of space junk in decades to fall, uncontrolled, back towards Earth on Monday.
On May 5, a Long March 5B rocket launched a prototype crew capsule resembling a SpaceX Crew Dragon to orbit for a test. After almost a week orbiting the Earth, the core stage of the large rocket re-entered our atmosphere.
It appears that whatever bits didn't completely burn up might have made it to the surface, likely splashing down into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, according to the US military.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/05/11/a-chinese-rocket-is-out-of-control-and-falling-towards-earth-right-now/#3c3643665c2b
“It is the most massive object to make an uncontrolled reentry since the 39-tonne Salyut-7 in 1991,” wrote Jonathan McDowell, a prominent Harvard astrophysicist who tracks objects in orbit, on Twitter.