News Alert: China rocket has reentered the Earth's atmosphere, says China's space agency

News Alert: China rocket has reentered the Earth's atmosphere, says China's space agency

An out-of-control Chinese rocket plunged out of orbit Saturday night ET and reentered Earth's atmosphere, according to China's space agency.
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An out-of-control Chinese rocket plunged out of orbit Saturday night ET and reentered Earth's atmosphere, according to China's space agency.

The Long March 5B carrier rocket had an estimated landing area of 72.47°E longitude and 2.65°N latitude, just west of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, China's National Space Agency said in a post on WeChat.

Most of the rocket was "destroyed" on reentry to the atmosphere, the space agency said.