where the Long March 5B will fall

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Where to watch Chinese rocket Long March 5B live

Through YouTube, various channels specializing in space issues broadcast live the journey of the Chinese rocket Long March 5B.

The Chinese explanation of the rocket

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Since Beijing claim that the risk that the Chinese rocket which got out of control after separating from the Beijing space station could damage Earth “extremely low“after the United States warns of a possible danger.

“The probability of causing damage is extremely low“, said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang wenbin, emphasizing that “most components will be destroyed“upon entering the atmosphere. The authorities” will report the situation in due course, “he added.

China has invested billions of dollars in its space exploration program, to reflect its growing global profile and technological power, in the footsteps of United States, Russia Yes Europe.

In this way, space has become the most recent scene of the confrontation between China and the United States.

The launch of the first module of the Chinese space station “Heavenly Palace“last April, with survival gear and living space for astronauts, marked a milestone in Beijing’s ambitious plans to establish a permanent human presence in space.

President Xi Jinping called it a key step in “building a great nation of science and technology“.

With the withdrawal from the International Space Station (ISS), expected after 2024, China will be the only space station in Earth orbit.

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The European Space Agency sent astronauts to China for training to enable them to work on the space station when it takes over.

China also announced in March its intention to build, with Russia, a lunar station separate.

This installation, intended for the surface or orbit of the Moon, It will be equipped for experimental research and will be China’s largest space cooperation project to date.

the rocket Long walk 5B This is not the first time that China has lost control of a space component returning to Earth.

His Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory disintegrated on re-entering the atmosphere 2018, two years after it ceased to operate, although Chinese authorities have denied losing control of the ship.