The Pentagon: A Chinese missile fell to the ground around May 8, the exact location known only hours ago | abroad

A Pentagon spokesman said, “The US Space Command is aware of and tracking the position of the Chinese Long March 5B in space, but the exact point of entry into the Earth’s atmosphere – expected around May 8 – can only be determined several hours ago.”

Experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) held it last night on May 9th. According to the flight data Parts of Spain, Italy and Greece are in the danger zone, It is determined between 41 ° N latitude and 41 ° S latitude. Any debris can also be scattered into the ocean.

The 30-meter-high rocket core that successfully launched the Tianhe (Celestial Harmony) unit of a Chinese space station on Thursday orbits Earth today at an altitude of about 200 km. The body achieves a speed of more than 25,000 kilometers per hour, or 7 kilometers per second.

It is almost impossible to predict which parts will burn or malfunction. Experts say that most things burn on re-entry. But a year ago, the wreckage of a Long March 5B missile ended up in Ivory Coast, damaging homes.

On this site The missile’s current trajectory can be tracked and the calculated future trajectory around the Earth can be viewed as well. Although 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is made up of water, the missile will fly several times over southern mainland Europe from the following night.