Space mission: A file photo of the ‘Long March-5 Y5’ rocket, carrying the Chang’e-5 lunar probe, before taking off from Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Wenchang, Hainan province, China last November. — Reuters
BEIJING: Remnants of China’s biggest rocket have landed in the Indian Ocean, with most of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the atmosphere, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
The coordinates given by Chinese state media, citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, put the point of impact in the ocean yesterday, west of the Maldives archipelago.
