A portion of a Chinese missile falling out of orbit in a programmed, but uncontrolled way will hit Earth on Friday, causing flights to be suspended at some airports in Spain after the latest calculations indicated northern Portugal and Spain were in operation. Junk space path.
According to the agency ReutersThe European Union’s Space Monitoring and Monitoring Service (EUSST) said space debris should likely re-enter the atmosphere in the mid-Atlantic, but warned that northern Portugal, Spain and southern Italy are also in the Atlantic region. missile trajectory.
“The probability of a fall in an area of land and with a population is very low,” EUSST said, noting, however, that forecasts can change and only shortly before the fall can the true trajectory be known.
⚠️ Update: #EUSTLatest autonomous predictions give object re-entry window # CZ5B From 11-04-2022 08:50:36 UTC ± 31 minutes. Read more: https://t.co/9X1lBmRJIS # LongMarch5B pic.twitter.com/QrayZzSXwB
– EUSST (EU_SST) 4 November 2022
Spain had already closed (and reopened) some airspace over four regions on Friday, in the period when the European Agency initially indicated the star had fallen, early on Friday morning, but the rocket continued just before 10:00 a.m., at altitude It is over 500 km and flies over the Pacific Ocean.
Eurocontrol reports the re-entry of a Chinese group into the atmosphere at a subsidiary. Rate Cero was created for certain areas of Spanish airspace and can affect air traffic in the form of delays in ground deflections and en route roads. pic.twitter.com/kfFBYG9s8z
– 😷 air control devices (controladores) 4 November 2022
The missile in question is the Long March 5B (CZ-5B), the most powerful missile China has ever made. It was launched on October 31 to carry the last module of the future Chinese space station, and was scheduled to fall into the atmosphere by the Chinese space agency on Friday.
Despite the warnings, the most common thing in this case is that part of the missile ignites when it re-enters the atmosphere, which could cause waste to fall into populated areas that could lead to injuries and materials. In addition to causing panic among the population.
In three years, this is the fifth time that parts of Chinese missiles have fallen to the ground uncontrollably.
