Burnt metal found on a Borneo plantation is most likely from the rocket that launched China's computing satellites
- Plantation workers in Sampit, in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province on Borneo, found a large, torn piece of metal among the oil palms on the morning of Monday 19 October.
- Residents had heard a rumble from the sky at about 17:30 local time (10:30 UTC), late the afternoon before.
- Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency, BRIN, says the piece is most likely space debris from the spent Zhuque-2E, a Chinese rocket that fell back into the atmosphere on Sunday 18 October.
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- Plantation workers in Sampit, in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province on Borneo, found a large, torn piece of metal among the oil palms on the morning of Monday 19 October.
- Residents had heard a rumble from the sky at about 17:30 local time (10:30 UTC), late the afternoon before.
- Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency, BRIN, says the piece is most likely space debris from the spent Zhuque-2E, a Chinese rocket that fell back into the atmosphere on Sunday 18 October.
Sources: Orbinauts