Serpihan roket milik China, Long March 5B dilaporkan telah terhempas di lautan Hindi, berhampiran kepulauan Maldives.
Menurut South China Morning Post, sisa roket itu telah memasuki atmosfera bumi pada 10.24 pagi waktu Beijing dan jatuh ke laut terbuka pada kedudukan 72.47 darjah timur dan 2.65 darjah utara.
Sebahagian besar serpihan roket itu dilaporkan terbakar ketika proses berkenaan.
Roket yang membawa modul teras Stesen Angkasa Tiangong China telah dilancarkan di Tapak Pelancaran Kapal Angkasa Wenchang, Hainan pada April 29 lalu.
Everyone else following the #LongMarch5B re-entry can relax. The rocket is down. You can see all relevant information and updates here on Twitter/Facebook, so there is no need to keep visiting the space-track dot org website.
— Space-Track (@SpaceTrackOrg) May 9, 2021
JUST IN: Chinese officials say rocket remnants reentered and disintegrated near the Maldives
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) May 9, 2021
China now reporting https://t.co/dHSJVoItCY that the rocket reentered at 0224 UTC at 72.47E 2.65N which is right over the Maldives. If correct will be interesting to see if we get reports from there pic.twitter.com/NQovz33pqg
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) May 9, 2021
Sumber: South China Morning Post
