r Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

Rocket debris landed

May 09, 2021

The debris of the last stage of the Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket re-entered the atmosphere at 10:24 a.m. on Sunday (Beijing Time), the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said. 

The vast majority of the device burned up during the re-entry, and the landing area of the debris is around a sea area with the centre at 2.65 degrees north latitude and 72.47 degrees east longitude, said the agency.