Spent Chinese Long 6A rocket spews over 50 pieces of space junk
to an announcement from Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight, a subsidiary unit of the rocket's maker, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
But an issue caused the Long 6A rocket's upper stage to fracture instead of burning up in the Earth's atmosphere in one piece as it came crashing back down. The US Space Forceit broke apart at 500-700 kilometers in altitude at roughly 0525 UTC on November 12, producing over 50 pieces of debris in space.
At those distances, the component splintered above China's Tiangong space station, the International Space Station, and SpaceX's Starlink satellites. Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for the Chinese government's Foreign Ministry, confirmed the incident in a press conference in Beijing. "As far as we know, the relevant incident will not affect the Chinese space station or the International Space Station," she said,The Long March 6A's upper stage is designed to fall back to Earth in one piece and safely disintegrate upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere. It's not clear what caused the rocket to break apart this time, however.
"It is good practice to either de-orbit rocket upper stages after delivering its payload, or dump fuel overboard to prevent these catastrophic breakups. The fact that the CZ-6A showed fuel on 2 successive orbits suggests something may have gone wrong with the fuel dump," Bassa
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