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Debris falling over Japan from Chinese rocket launched last year: Report

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published May 11, 2023 5:19pm ET
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Debris falling over Japan from Chinese rocket launched last year: Report
Rocket debris fell over Japan Wednesday night in another show of China’s increasing space presence. Video footage emerged on social media depicting what many thought was a meteorite falling over Okinawa, Japan. Since then, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s Ishigaki branch confirmed to the Japan Times that it was debris. “The slow speed and […]


Rocket debris fell over Japan Wednesday night in another show of China’s increasing space presence.

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