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Space junk from Chinese spacecraft soars over Queensland
Debris from a Chinese rocket has spectacularly streaked over Queensland, captivating stargazers as it crashed towards Earth.
Key points:
- Chinese rocket Long March 3B breaks up over Queensland
- The debris of the spacecraft was expected to fall into the Pacific Ocean
- The debris is estimated to have been about 12-metres long
Several videos emerged on social media showing the bright sparks, from Noosa to Bundaberg overnight.
“It’s breaking apart,” Sonia McLeod said, while trying to figure out what it actually was she was seeing.
“It’s silent though.
“Wow. It’s burning up as it comes in. What the hell is it?
“That’s insane.”
University of Southern Queensland astrophysicist Jonti Horner said the debris was space junk from a rocket, known as Chinese…
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