Chinese Rocket Debris Set to Fall Near Earth, Possibly Near Morocco

China has sent a Long March 5B rocket into space to carry a module of the Tiangong space station. According to the specialized website Space, citing the Aerospace Corporation agency, the rocket’s return to Earth should take place this Friday, November 4, around 1:20 pm (GMT+1), with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 hours.

In a tweet, the American aerospace company has established a map illustrating "the entry of the debris of this rocket on the ground. According to the interpretations, Morocco may be affected by this risk, but so far no official information has been provided by the national specialists.

Due to the risks associated with the "uncontrolled" fall of this rocket, the airspace of the airports of Barcelona, Ibiza and Tarragona and even Corsica was temporarily closed this Friday morning. Similarly, the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation tweeted that "due to the re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere of space debris from a Chinese rocket, France has decided to close its airspace south of Corsica from 9:30 am to 10:30 am."