Could the remains of the Chinese rocket fall uncontrollably over Alicante?

this chinese space stationThe name means “Heavenly Palace” in Mandarin, it will weigh around 70 tons and is expected to operate for about 15 years in orbit around 400 kilometers from the Earth’s surface.

now he the rocket has to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere. And he will do so at the end of this week, specifically on Saturday, at 3:21 peninsula time, according to the calculations provided by him. Aviation Company. For now, It is not known exactly where the remains of the rocket will fall.It measures 17.8 meters at takeoff, 4.2 meters in diameter and weighs approximately 23.3 tons.

But the latest update from Aerospace Corporation, released on Wednesday, shows this: The area where the Chinese rocket can land is the vast central region of the Earth.containing almost the entire planet: From Southern Europe to all of Africa, including Australia and the entire Americas.

The fact is, as in other cases, The impact zone will likely not be known until a few minutes before returning to Earth.. remember objects in space travel at speeds of up to 28,164 kilometers per hourthat is, an error of one hour in the rocket’s re-entry time would result in a margin of error of 28,164 km at the predicted location for the accident.

Also, this will be the fourth time Long March 5B rocket will return uncontrollably to Earth. In all three previous events, debris fell in a populated area along the west coast of Africa; near Maldives in the Indian Ocean; and North Borneo. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed.

In late July, the wreckage of a massive Chinese rocket crashed into the Indian Ocean, drawing criticism from US space officials for failing to share information about China’s re-entry rockets.