Arab weather Sinan Khalaf - the Chinese missile , became overnight a concern of the world after it got out of control during its orbit around the earth, and it is likely that it will enter the Earth's atmosphere and reach its surface as a burning meteor, but the fears lie in the fall of the Chinese missile on populated areas.
The story of the Chinese missile goes back to Thursday, April 29, 2021 AD. When the Chinese missile successfully launched the 22.5-ton Tianhe unit from Wenchang, then the Tianhe successfully separated from the main body of the launcher after 492 seconds of flight, and directly entered its first planned orbit, but the mission launcher also reached orbit and headed on Unexpectedly down to earth, weighing approximately 21 tons and about 30 meters long.
The Chinese missile is currently orbiting at a low altitude between 160-260 km from the surface of the earth, and at an average speed of just over 28,000 km, which makes it complete a full circle around the Earth in about 90 minutes in an elliptical orbit.
It is estimated that the Chinese missile will fall and crash at an unspecified point, and most likely it will be between May 9, according to what the US Department of Defense has stated, as it said that it is expected that the bulk of the debris of the Chinese missile launched by a space station will fall Tray, on the ground early.
The US Defense Department stated, in a statement, that the place where the debris of the Chinese missile will fall could not be determined "until a few hours before it fell," and here the danger lies, but certain areas such as the Pacific Ocean, the coasts of America and Japan can be preferred.
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