Uncontrolled crash landing of a Chinese booster rocket weighing 23 tons on Earth
China has decided not to direct the booster through the atmosphere, and it is not known when or where it will descend to Earth.
The Chinese cargo spacecraft which serviced China's orbiting space station is now mostly dead after reentering the atmosphere Separate concerns surround China's uncontrolled launch
The China Manned Space Agency stated that only small portions of the Tianzhou-3 vessel survived and were able to land in a predetermined area in the South Pacific.
China's space program, which is managed by the People's Liberation Army military wing of the Communist Party, has mostly been completed without the assistance of other countries.
The booster that attracted attention from the space community was part the 23-ton Long March 5B Y3 rocket, China's most powerful rocket
It will burn mostly up upon return, but there is still the possibility of it causing injury or casualties by fragments. China is not the only country that uses such practices.
Zhao stated that "It is well understood that this type rocket adopts an exclusive technical design that most components will be burned up and destroyed during reentry."
The possibility of causing harm to aviation activities and on the ground is very low."