Huge pieces of the giant Chinese Long March 5B rocket fell on Indonesia and Malaysia - residents mistook them for a meteor shower

The giant Chinese Long March 5B rocket terrified residents of Malaysia and Indonesia, who mistook the falling debris for a meteor shower.

What we know

The main stage of the Long March 5B weighed 25 tons. On July 30, debris from the rocket entered Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. During the fall, up to 40% of the hull was burned, but the size of the debris was still enormous.

After CZ-5B r/b reentry over Indonesia at Saturday midnight (local time) ago, many debris possibly related to this space junk was found. 3 debris have been found by local people at Sanggau regency (near Indonesia-Malaysia border). @planet4589 @Marco_Langbroek @jremis @cosmos4u pic.twitter.com/wcGUffN14v

- The Ekliptika Institute (@marufins) August 1, 2022

Some pieces of Long March 5B are 5 x 2 meters in size. They are found by residents of Indonesia and Malaysia. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. China officially hides the location of the rocket's first stage debris.

Note that such incidents in our time can be called a wildness. The uncontrolled fall of large rockets is rare. Nowadays large main stages land in the ocean or on uninhabited islands.

Source: space.com

For those who want to know more:

• Beautiful video of M777, HIMARS and Javelin destroying Russian tanks, ammunition depots and military bases published
• Canada will send LAV II ACSV armored vehicles with 7.62 mm machine guns to Ukraine in July
• U.S. senators call for sending long-range missiles to Ukraine for HIMARS
• Ukrainian Drone Army sends first DJI Mavic and DJI Phantom drones to the front
• Ukrainian military created a kamikaze drone without waiting for MQ-1C Gray Eagle deliveries