The second stage of China's Long March 5B rocket has re-entered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, in an area near the Maldives, the Human Spaceflight Office of China's space agency CNSA said.
The reentry was also confirmed by data from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Compared to the initial estimates, they indicated the North Atlantic as the probable point of reentry, then the Mediterranean basin. The passage of the space debris on the trajectory that affected a good part of Italy therefore occurred without impacts.
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"The Head of the Civil Protection Department, in agreement with Asi and the other participants at the table, has therefore declared the operational activities concluded, closing the Operations Committee that was active in close contact and thanking all the components of the National Civil Protection System, the participants at the technical table and the regions directly involved for the commitment and attention shown in these days". "The Civil Protection Department will continue to follow the return to Earth through the Italian Situation Room, in close coordination with the Italian Space Agency, until the end of the event", concludes the note,
Article published on May 9, 2021 - 06:49 pm
