# Track the Chinese rocket that's coming down out of control **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688 "2021-05-08T23:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/1 "2021-05-08T23:54:01Z")
If anyone is interested, Skyrobot on Youtube is showing a live tracking of China’s Long March 5B rocket that’s going to come down sometime in the next day. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29HGFep3Zek) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/2 "2021-05-08T23:54:59Z")
They sky is falling! The sky is falling! (seemed appropriate somehow. Actually cool site, thanks.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/3 "2021-05-08T23:59:17Z")
Man, I just had the roof reshingled. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/4 "2021-05-09T00:07:51Z")
You paid for the rocket-debris warranty, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/5 "2021-05-09T00:08:48Z")
I cheaped out; I’m only covered for North Korean rockets. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/6 "2021-05-09T00:12:19Z")
With any luck, it’ll take out Mar-a-Lago. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/7 "2021-05-09T03:16:18Z")
I’m having flashbacks to Skylab. Still remember John Belushi ranting and raving that it was going to land on his house. And the Skylab Early Warning Helmet, which featured a spike on top designed to give the wearer 0.00193 nanoseconds’ advance notice before it hit your head. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/8 "2021-05-09T03:33:26Z")
According to this live tracker, the Chinese reported that the rocket reentered just over the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPw6wPgtCb8) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/9 "2021-05-09T03:48:26Z")
Look out Sri Lanka! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/10 "2022-07-30T13:55:44Z")
Well it looks like it’s coming down again … (Might be a good idea to wear a hat if you’re gong out.) > **[When and where will China's big rocket debris fall to Earth this weekend?](https://www.space.com/chinese-rocket-space-debris-fall-when-where)** > > There's no good answer to this question yet, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/11 "2022-07-30T15:12:35Z")
and here’s a new live tracker… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J9td4JKqg0g/maxresdefault.jpg "Chinese Rocket Falling To Earth - Live Tracking - Long March 5B - CZ-5B R/B - Live Stream 53240") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9td4JKqg0g) > [@pjd](#): > > if you’re gong out. I think you meant _going_ ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/12 "2022-07-30T16:51:48Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > (Might be a good idea to wear a hat if you’re gong out.) I think you meant _going to be gonged_ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/13 "2022-07-30T19:22:08Z")
Looks like it’s landed, somewhere near Borneo. Panic over. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688/14 "2022-07-30T23:08:06Z")
> **[Remnants of an uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentered the atmosphere over the...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/world/china-rocket-debris-enters-atmosphere/index.html)** > > Remnants of a massive Chinese rocket that was descending uncontrollably back to Earth reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean at roughly 12:45 p.m. ET Saturday, the US Space Command said on Twitter.