“The object can enter the Earth's atmosphere after 02:30 Moscow time on May 9 to the south of Indonesia in the Timor Sea region.
Now it is steadily losing its orbit height: over the past 24 hours of observation, its apogee has decreased from 267 to 218 km, and the perigee - from 156 to 146 km, ”the state corporation said in a statement.
It is specified that part of the stage structures will burn out in the atmosphere, and some non-combustible elements can reach the surface.
On May 5, the Pentagon said that the debris of a Chinese heavy launch vehicle could fall to Earth within a few days, the US military is tracking the trajectory of the rocket.
On April 29, the Long March 5B rocket launched the base module Tianhe ("Milky Way") of the future Chinese modular space station into low-earth orbit.
The stage has no means of active maneuvering and carries out an uncontrolled de-orbit.