Instant International
Written by: Yang Chinese
2021-05-09 03:23
Last update date: 2021-05-09 06:33
After the Chinese Long March 5B Yao-2 launch vehicle lifted off, its wreckage crashed into the earth soon.
Many monitoring centers in Europe and the United States predict that it may fall to the ground on the morning of May 9th, Hong Kong time as soon as possible. However, there is currently no clear estimate of where it will fall. Most of Asia, America, Europe and other places are still high-risk areas.
U.S. media CBS quoted the latest news from the U.S. Air Force as saying that it is estimated that the crash will be between 9 and 11 o'clock on Saturday night, US East Coast time, that is, 9 to 11 o'clock in the morning Hong Kong time on Sunday (9th).
According to the real-time monitoring website "orbit.ing-now", the wreckage of the Long March rocket was flying around the earth at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour.
Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace Corporation) posted on Twitter on the 8th, pointing out that the 21-ton Long March rocket wreckage will be around 3:26 am UTC on the 9th (11:26 am Hong Kong time on the 9th) Falling to the ground, the error value is plus or minus 2 hours.
The latest forecast by the European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking Center (EUSST) shows that the wreck may enter the atmosphere at around 2:32 am UTC on the 9th (10:32 am Hong Kong time on the 9th), with a difference of 139 minutes.
The US Cable News Network (CNN) reported that the European Space Agency (ESA) predicts that the risk areas that may be affected range from 41.5 degrees north latitude to 41.5 degrees south latitude, which means Asia south of Japan, America, Africa, and Australia south of New York. And Europe, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece are all at risk.
However, the European Union Space Monitoring and Tracking Center stated that the probability of the wreckage falling in densely populated places is low, but pointed out that the uncontrolled situation of the object makes the forecast uncertain.
The first photo of the wreckage of the Long March 5 rocket was exposed.
(Twitter image)
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