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Published: 30 July 2022
In a third incident in two years, China lost control of missiles being disposed of.
The first incident occurred in May 2020, when the remnants of the missile occurred on Ivory Coast without any injuries, and the second time was in May 2021, when the rocket's debris occurred in the Indian Ocean.
Space News said the out-of-control Chinese rocket was expected to crash in an area of Earth later today.
The site added that the rocket, which weighs about 23 metric tons, is expected to return to Earth today, 6 days after its launch into space.
China launched the Long March 5B rocket on July 24, carrying a laboratory unit to the China Space Station project, which is still under construction.
It is not known precisely where the rocket will be located, but the debris is likely to be located in the United States, India, Australia, Brazil, Africa or Southeast Asia, according to a California-based US space research institution.
Earlier reports had reported that the rocket could fall in southern North America, including the United States, half of South America, all of Africa's continent, the Middle East region, the majority of Asia and a small region of southern Europe.
Contrary to what is exaggerately common, the topic of satellite falls towards Earth is a normal and repetitive topic almost weekly, but this time is characterized by a larger piece of the usual rate and the operation occurring out of control.
China, which is closely monitoring the missile, says the missile does not pose a threat to Earth.
In contrast, the US Space Corporation says 80 percent of the Earth's population falls into the orbital footprint of the rocket, which means it could fall into populated areas.
However, she asserted that a person's likelihood of being injured by such debris ranges from 1- 1000 to 1 to 230.