Space debris from China’s rocket was found in rural India. A large metal ring including a sphere found near a village in Maharashtra, the local people told the officials of the government.

Highlights

The diameter of the said metal ring was likely to be about 2 to 3 Meter
No signs found of injuries or any structural damages
It was consistent with a piece of China’s Long March 3B rocket

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Some part of China’s Debris was found near a village in Maharashtra. The debris, including a metal ring and a sphere. The debris is reportedly said to belong to a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media.

Reportedly, the metal ring found in Maharashtra village was said to be 2 or 3 meters long in diameter weighing about 40 Kg was discovered in the field of villagers late on Saturday, and the district collector, Ajay Gulhane told this to Press Trust of India.

“We were preparing a community feast when the sky blazed with the red disc which fell with a bang on an open plot in the village,” women of Chandrapura told to Times of India.

She added, “People ran to their homes fearing (an) explosion and remained inside for nearly half an hour.”

As the district collector Ajay Gulhane told PTI, the other part of the debris was a metal ball size half a meter in diameter but it was fell in another village in the same district.

He said “It had been collected for examination. We had sent (Junior Officials) to every village in the district to find if more parts of objects, if any, are lying scattered.”

There were no single signs of damage either structural or injury were reported in villages.

After the collection of data, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)officials told to Times of India that the debris found in Maharashtra matched the re-entry times on Saturday. The Chinese rocket was launched in February 2021.

ISRO officials told the Media “When Rocket bodies survive atmospheric re-entry, the rocket part such as nozzles, rings, and tanks can impact earth,” said another ISRO official.

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