The updated trajectory of the debris part of the Long March 5B rocket shows that it will fly over parts of southern Europe.
A large piece of Chinese space junk weighing 23 tons and the height of a 10-story building, a section of a Long March 5B rocket, is expected to fall to Earth today or Saturday at an undisclosed location.
The updated debris track shows it will fly over parts of southern Europe.
⚠️Update: #EUST‘s latest autonomous predictions give a re-entry window of object #CZ5B of 2022-11-04 08:50:36 UTC ±31 min. Read more: https://t.co/9X1lBmRJIS #LongMarch5B pic.twitter.com/QrayZzSXwB
— EUSST (@EU_SST) November 4, 2022
An alert was sounded in Spain and the country closed the airspace over several airports in the country – Barcelona, Tarragona, Reus and Ibiza.
“Due to the risk associated with the passage of the CZ-5B space object over Spanish airspace, flights have been suspended from 09:38 to 10:18 in Catalonia and other regions. Airports and agencies have already been informed,” states the announcement of the competent authorities.
Degut al risc associat pel pas de l’objecte espacial CZ-5B traversant l’espai aeri espanyol, shan restringit total els des de les 09:38 a les 10:18 hores a Catalunya i altres communitants.
Els aeroports i organismes ja han estat informats
— Protecció civil (@emergenciescat) November 4, 2022
Much of the rocket will burn up in the atmosphere by the time it reaches Earth, some of it eventually – 20% to 40% – is expected to fall on it.
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