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US Space Command confirms Chinese rocket debris fell into Indian Ocean

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published July 30, 2022 8:07pm ET
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US Space Command confirms Chinese rocket debris fell into Indian Ocean
China's Long March 5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying its Wentian lab space station module, blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province Sunday, July 24, 2022. | (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Debris from China’s Long March 5B rocket has fallen into the Indian Ocean, U.S. Space Command confirmed in a tweet Saturday.

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