VIDEO. Chinese rocket, out of control and in free fall towards Earth, sighted over the United States

Should we be worried about the Chinese rocket falling out of control?

If its point of impact is currently difficult to predict, its debris should not represent a danger to humans, assures Beijing while its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere is scheduled this weekend.

“Most of its components will be destroyed by ablation when it re-enters the atmosphere.

The probability of causing damage to air activities or activities on the ground is extremely low, ”said Wang Wenbin, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since the Earth is 70% water, the rocket, if it remains intact after re-entering the atmosphere, is likely to be damaged in the sea. But the United States warns of the risk of crashing on an inhabited area.

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The craft, now visible from the American sky, is the body of the Long March 5B rocket launched last week by China.

It was carrying the first of the three elements of its future space station.

This is not the first time that the country has lost control of an object in space.

Already in April 2018, China had lost control of a space laboratory that had disintegrated on entering our atmosphere.