Fragments of China’s Truong Chinh rocket will fall to Earth this weekend

The world news agencies have recently simultaneously reported that the fragment of the Chinese Truong Chinh 5B missile will fall to Earth this weekend.
The crash of the Truong Chinh 5B missile has been warned for a week before the 22.5-ton missile crashed into space. According to analysts, the Truong Chinh 5B missile is moving uncontrollably in the atmosphere and losing altitude with every rotation around the Earth.

The US Space Forces, the Russian Space Agency and the Aerospace Corporation, a US-funded nonprofit research firm, predict that debris and the missile body will fall to Earth by the end this week, possibly on May 8 (US time). At the present time, the authorities have not been able to accurately determine where the missile will fall. The studies showed that after the incident, the rocket moved into the Earth’s atmosphere. According to the principle, the missile Truong Chinh 5B will orbit the Earth for a while before free fall. The Truong Chinh 5B missile, which carries the main module for China’s space station, was launched into space from April 29. Photo: Getty The orbit of the universe sent the missile through many densely populated areas from New York City and Los Angeles (USA) to Southern Europe, Beijing (China), Australia, South Africa and South America. However, it is likely that the Truong Chinh 5B missile will “land” in the Pacific or a large uninhabited territory. “The rocket’s trajectory traverses the most densely populated areas in the world,” said John Logsdon, a former member of the NASA Advisory Council and founder of the Space Institute at the University of Washington. If we cannot control the missile’s position in the atmosphere, it creates a concern about where the missile falls to Earth. ” As the rocket phase falls through Earth’s atmosphere, friction heats the surrounding air to about 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,649 degrees C). The rocket will likely break at this temperature and parts of it could burn, but there are still many large debris that could survive and fall to Earth. Accordingly, experts estimate that about 5 tons of the remaining missile components, including fuel tanks, propellants, large parts of the rocket engine, metal fragments and insulation, will fall to an area of ​​the Earth. The highest possibility of scientists’ calculations is that these rocket components will fall into the ocean, where no people are inhabited. “There is still a risk of the impact of the collision, including who could hit someone with a rocket,” said Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer observing objects orbiting the Earth, CNN told CNN. But the risks of a missile hitting the residential area are very small so you don’t need to worry too much about this. ” However, according to John Logsdon, this is still an unusual situation and China needs to give an explanation of what happened. On May 7, Yonhap news agency reported that South Korea and the US discussed how to respond to the Chinese Truong Chinh 5B missile crash. It is known that Truong Chinh 5B missile was launched last week, bringing a module of China’s first permanent space station into space. However, the missile has a problem that worries space forces around the world. Members of the Korea Space Operations Center held a video conference with US-led Joint Space Operations Center officials on May 7. Photo: Yonhap The South Korean Air Force and the United States-led Joint Space Operations Center (CSpOC) hosted an online conference and shared their monitoring and analysis data. This conference was attended by both the German and Japanese armies. “We do not rule out the possibility that the missile fragment will hit the Korean peninsula. We are prepared for any situation,” said Lt. Col. Choi Seong-hwan of the Korea Space Operations Center. closely monitor the missile’s path and coordinate with CSpOC and other related agencies “. The US command said it was impossible to determine the exact landing point of the missile “until it returned to Earth”. In addition, The Guardian reported, the US has no intention of shooting down the remains of the Chinese Truong Chinh missile. Specifically, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said: “We have the ability to do a lot of work but we have no plans to shoot down this missile. We anticipate the missile will land in the ocean or not. people or similar land “. A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on May 7 that the head of the missile will probably catch fire when it moves into Earth, so it will not pose a major threat to people around the world. White House press secretary Jen Psaki believes the US is committed to addressing the risks of space debris and wants to work with the international community “to promote leadership and responsible behavior. mission in space “. Minh Hanh (According to Business Insider, Guardian, Yonhap)