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The world can expect at least 2 repeats of the uncontrolled #ChineseRocket crash, according to Europe's space agency

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The world can expect more pieces of #ChineseRocket debris raining from the sky in the coming years, a spokesperson from the European Space Agency (ESA) told Insider.

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Beijing is planning 10 more missions to complete its space station by the end of 2022.

Two of these would be using #LongMarch5B rockets, the same type of rocket than the one which was being tracked by international space agencies last week.

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UPDATE Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 MAY 2021 03:02 UTC ± 2 hours along the ground track shown here. 1/
2/ The center of the current prediction window places the #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentering over the Pacific. This prediction has shifted 24 minutes earlier than the previous prediction.
3/ #LongMarch5B Reentry Prediction Legend:
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The Chinese Long March 5b rocket stage will re-enter Earth's atmosphere soon. It's part of China's second generation family of rockets. britannica.com/technology/Cha…
The Long March rocket family is named after the 1934 retreat of the Communist Red Army in the Chinese civil war. It was a significant event in Mao Zedong's rise to power. #LongMarch5 #spacejunk en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March
The early Long March rockets were based on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile design. China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1, was launched by a Long March 1 rocket in 1970. astronautix.com/c/changzheng1.… #LongMarch5B #spacejunk
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NEW Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 MAY 2021 03:26 ± 2 hours along the ground track shown here. 1/
2/ The center of the current prediction window places the #LongMarch5B rocket body reentering over the North Atlantic. This prediction has shifted only four minutes earlier than the previous prediction.
3/ #LongMarch5B Reentry Prediction Legend:
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Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 May 2021 03:30 UTC ± 4 hours along the ground track shown here. Follow our Twitter for updates. 1/4
**No new information yet from this morning's prediction - updating tweet to remove website link.
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3/4 All blue and yellow lines are a single overlapping line representing the ground path below the elliptical orbit of the #LongMarch5B rocket body. Here is a handy guide explaining the graph, with a link to a Q+A with one of our debris experts: aerospacecorp.medium.com/a-quick-guide-…
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Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 May 2021 03:30 UTC ± 4 hours along the ground track shown here. Follow this page for updates: 
aerospace.org/reentries/cz-5…
#LongMarch5B Reentry Prediction Legend:
All blue and yellow lines are a single overlapping line representing the ground path below the elliptical orbit of the #LongMarch5B rocket body. Here is a handy guide explaining the graph, with a link to a Q+A with one of our debris experts: aerospacecorp.medium.com/a-quick-guide-…
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Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 May 2021 03:22 UTC ± 4 hours along the ground track shown here. Follow this page for updates: 
aerospace.org/reentries/cz-5…
#LongMarch5B Reentry Prediction Legend:
All blue and yellow lines are a single overlapping line representing the ground path below the elliptical orbit of the #LongMarch5B rocket body. Here is a handy guide explaining the graph, with a link to a Q+A with one of our debris experts: aerospacecorp.medium.com/a-quick-guide-…
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Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is 🚀 09 May 2021 04:19 UTC ± 8 hours along the ground track shown here. Follow this page for updates: 
aerospace.org/reentries/cz-5…
#LongMarch5B Reentry Prediction Legend:
All blue and yellow lines are a single overlapping line representing the ground path below the elliptical orbit of the #LongMarch5B rocket body. Here is a handy guide explaining the graph, with a link to a Q+A with one of our debris experts: aerospacecorp.medium.com/a-quick-guide-…
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Our latest prediction for CZ-5B rocket body reentry is: 
🚀 09 May 2021 03:53 UTC ± 11 hours
Reentry will be along one of the ground tracks shown here. It is still too early to determine a meaningful debris footprint. Follow this page for updates: 
aerospace.org/reentries/cz-5… CZ-5B reentry prediction 	 07 May 2021 08:37:57.111 UTC
This plot shows the history of our predictions over time. The dots are predicted reentry date and time, and the vertical bars represent the nominal 20% error in time-to-go. The prediction is currently holding steady for Saturday night (US time), and the error bars are shrinking.
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