It’s the largest piece of space junk to fall uncontrolled in nearly 30 years.
The almost 20-ton rocket stage is theto fall from low-Earth orbit since the Soviet space station Salyut 7's unguided reentry in 1991.
Initial reports suggested the almost 20-ton rocket stage had fallen into the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa. But new reports from social media and some African news organizations suggest pieces of the rocket may have been strewn across parts of Cote d'Ivoire. Typically, rockets have a first stage that propels them for the first few minutes after launch, while a second stage helps the payload reach orbit. But Long March 5B was different. Instead, the rocket had a single core stage and four boosters that propelled it off the launch pad.
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