The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, April 29, 2021. (File photo: Xinhua)
The remnants of China’s Long March 5B Y2 rocket reentered the earth's atmosphere at 10:24 am Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said on Sunday.
Most of the debris from the rocket burned up during re-entry and the rest fell into the Indian Ocean area with the center at longitude 72.47 degrees east and latitude 2.65 degrees north, said the office.
The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, the first and core module for the construction of China's space station, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan on April 29.
(With input from Xinhua)
