Chinese Long March 5B re-enters over Arabian Peninsula

>The CNSA/CMS official account on Weibo confirms that #LongMarch5 CZ5B booster has reentered at 02:24 UTC, May 9. The location of the reentry is 72.47°E, 2.65°N.

https://twitter.com/Yeqzids/status/1391228551966302210

>@18SPCS confirms that CZ-5B (#LongMarch5B) (48275 / 2021-035B) reentered atmosphere 9 May at 0214Z and fell into the Indian ocean north of the Maldives at lat 22.2, long 50.0.

>Yes, we know that the TIP coords (lat 22.2, long 50.0) plot in Saudi Arabia. That was the last place that the @18SPCS computer system recorded it. Operators confirm that the rocket actually went into the Indian Ocean north of the Maldives.

https://twitter.com/SpaceTrackOrg/status/1391242612569300993

I'd have vastly preferred it re-entered above Beijing, if only to teach them how to get it right next time.

Minutes after it passed over Riyadh: https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/13913079998226882...