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Space debris found on fire near WA mining town suspected to be from Chinese rocket (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“It seems to be the fourth stage of a Jielong rocket,” Gorman, a Flinders University associate professor and author of Dr Space Junk vs the Universe, said.

“There was one launched in late September. If it is the one from the 25th, that means it’s been orbiting the Earth for a bit and then came out of the blue.

There was no Jielong launch on the 25th, so I assume they are referring to the Jielong-3 launch on the 24th: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7956

As usual, I shall await confirmation from Jonathan McDowell.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

At least if it's a Jielong 3 it isn't full of hypergols

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

My hydrazine bottling idea is back to the drawing board.