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(CNN) -
China's rocket, the Long March 5B carrier that was "out of control," confirmed to have entered Earth's atmosphere, according to a post by the China Bureau of Manned Space Engineering in a WeChat post. .
China's National Space Agency said the last stage rocket debris had an estimated landing area of 72.47 ° E in longitude and 2.65 ° N latitude, just west of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
Final confirmation of the landing has yet to be made.
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"Most of the devices fell apart and were destroyed during re-entry into the atmosphere," the space agency said.