The Long March 5B core stage reentered Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, lighting up skies across parts of northern Borneo.
after having spent just six days in low Earth orbit. The precise time and location of the rocket’s return remained vague even during the hours and minutes leading up to the reentry, but the sudden flood of sightings from Indonesia and Malaysia made it clear that the core stage broke up above the northern coast of Borneo.
. The wayward rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere shortly before 1:00 a.m. local time, creating a spectacular nighttime spectacle thatDisturbingly, some of this debris landed near populated areas. “No casualties or property damage reported, but debris is near villages and a few hundred meters either way could have been a different story,”
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