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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 03-May-2021 22:40:40 EDT GeniusMusing
   ‘Out-of-control’ Chinese rocket tumbling to Earth Space | The Guardian
   https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/04/out-of-control-chinese-rocket-tumbling-to-earth
   
   >Part of a huge rocket that launched China’s first module for its Tianhe space station is falling back to Earth and could make an uncontrolled re-entry at an unknown landing point.
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   >The 30-metre high core of the Long March 5B rocket launched the “Heavenly Harmony” unmanned core module into low Earth orbit on 29 April from Wenchang in China’s Hainan province.
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   >The Long March 5B then itself entered a temporary orbit, setting the stage for one of the largest ever uncontrolled re-entries. Some experts fear it could land on an inhabited area.
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   >On Tuesday the core was orbiting Earth around every 90 minutes at about 27,600km/h and an altitude of more than 300km. The US military has named it 2021-035B and its path can be seen on websites including orbit.ing-now.com.
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   CZ-5B / 48275 / 2021-035B Satellite Orbit Data
   https://orbit.ing-now.com/satellite/48275/2021-035b/cz-5b/
   
   Duck?
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 03-May-2021 22:51:02 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @geniusmusing Yikes!