<Anchor> The
rocket that China launched last month to build a space station is expected to lose control and re-enter Earth. It is likely to fall into the sea, but there are concerns that some debris could fall into New York or Beijing.
This is correspondent Song Wook from Beijing.
<Reporter> A
rocket carrying the core module'Tianhe' of China's own space station soars into the sky.
It is a large rocket'Changjeong 5B' that can be mounted up to 53 meters in height and 22 tons.
[Li Shangfu/China Manned Space Program Commander: Changjeong 5B Y2 rocket puts the station's core module
Tianhe
on the scheduled orbit.] The
Changjeong 5B rocket, which is in temporary orbit separated from Tianhe, is scheduled to re-enter the atmosphere.
The British Daily Guardians and others were concerned that the rockets were descending uncontrolled and that some debris could fall without burning.
It is highly likely to fall into the sea, but it could also fall in orbit in New York, Spain, Madrid, Beijing, China, and southern Chile.
At the time of the test launch of Changjeong 5B a year ago, fragments of large metal pillars fell on Ivory Coast, Africa, and some buildings were damaged. In March, fragments of the US SpaceX's'Falcon 9'rocket were found on farms in Washington State.
The US research institute currently estimates the re-entry time of Changjeong 5B to be between the 8th and 10th our time.
The US Department of Defense says it is tracking the rocket and the exact point of entry is still difficult to predict.
China does not come up with an official position.
China plans to launch 11 rockets this year and next year to build a space station.