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Chinese Rocket Burns Up Over Western U.S.


Chinese Rocket Burns Up Over Western U.S. Pieces of China's newest rocket could be seen burning up in the skies over the western U.S. last night as the spacecraft re-entered the earth's atmosphere. What was first described as a freak meteor shower or space junk appears to have been an experimental Chinese rocket called Long March 7, according to experts who tweeted on social media. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, says it's a notable event. "So far in 2016 there have been 25 reentries of objects massing 1 ton or more. But objects of 5 ton+ class like this are rare."   More



(Source: TWC News - Jul 28)

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