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Debris of China's disintegrating Long March rocket falls into Indian Ocean

Pieces of the Long March 5B rocket re-entered the atmosphere at 10:24 a.m. Sunday local time and plunged into the sea at around 72.47 degrees east longitude and 2.65 degrees north latitude

A Long March-5B Y2 rocket carrying the core module of China's space station, Tianhe, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on April 29, 2021 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. Photo: Bloomberg
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A Long March-5B Y2 rocket carrying the core module of China's space station, Tianhe, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on April 29, 2021 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. Photo: Bloomberg

Bruce Einhorn | Bloomberg
Remains of a huge Chinese rocket have landed in the ocean, according to a statement by the China Manned Space Agency, amid global concern the country’s space program lost control of a giant chunk of debris.

Pieces of the Long March 5B rocket re-entered the atmosphere at 10:24 a.m. Sunday local time and plunged into the sea at around 72.47 degrees east longitude and 2.65 degrees north latitude, the agency said in the statement posted on its official website.

China launched the rocket in late April to deliver the first part of the country’s space station, but unlike other large