Fragments of a Chinese rocket that re-entered Earth's airspace were seen from Malaysia's airspace

 

China previously launched the Long March 5B rocket on July 24, 2022, in an effort to send the Wentian module weighing 23,000 kilograms to the Tiangong Space Station. Following that, the core stage of the Long March 5B rocket entered low Earth orbit in releasing the module. And due to strong atmospheric drag, these rocket fragments re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

Further to that, the Malaysian Space Agency's monitoring found that the re-entry of Long March 5B rocket debris into the Earth's airspace was detected at 0.55 am, 31 July 2022 Malaysian time.

The rocket debris burned when it re-entered the Earth's airspace, and the movement of the burning debris also crossed Malaysia's airspace, and could be detected in several areas including the airspace around Sarawak.

The debris was recorded falling around the Sulu Sea.