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When and where Chinese rocket debris could fall this weekend – KSDK.com

“An ocean reentry was always statistically the most likely…China won its gamble…but it was still reckless,” wrote Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

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WASHINGTON China’s space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earths atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and that most of it burned up early Sunday.
Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracked the tumbling rocket part, said on Twitter, An ocean reentry was always statistically the most likely. It appears China won its gamble But it was still reckless.
People in Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia reported sightings of the Chinese rocket debris on social media,…

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