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Interesting.
Breakup in two parts prior to reentry perhaps?
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RT @US_SpaceCom
#USSPACECOM can confirm a second atmospheric reentry correlated with the #PRC’s Long March 5B #CZ5B as it exited the #USSPACECOM Area of Responsibility over the Northeast Pacific Ocean region at 4:06am MDT/10:06 UTC on Nov. 4. https://twitter.com/us_spacecom/status/1588479612610289664
https://twitter.com/US_SpaceCom/status/1588502881631887361

It is down apparently!
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RT @US_SpaceCom
#USSPACECOM can confirm the People’s Republic of China Long March 5B #CZ5B rocket re-entered the atmosphere over the south-central Pacific Ocean at 4:01am MDT/10:01 UTC on 11/4. For details on the uncontrolled reentry’s impact location, we once again refer you to the #PRC.
https://twitter.com/US_SpaceCom/status/1588479612610289664

#USSPACECOM can confirm the People’s Republic of China Long March 5B #CZ5B rocket re-entered the atmosphere over the south-central Pacific Ocean at 4:01am MDT/10:01 UTC on 11/4.

For details on the uncontrolled reentry’s impact location, we once again refer you to the #PRC.

via US_SpaceCom on twitter https://twitter.com/us_spacecom/status/1588479612610289664?s=46&t=OYW42MZ3XsNCWpgyI3uIlA

For anyone wondering about that rocket upper stage:

RT @[email protected]

Our latest prediction for #CZ5B rocket body reentry is:
🚀04 Nov 2022 12:24 UTC ± 4 hours
Reentry will be along one of the ground tracks shown here. It is still too early to determine a meaningful debris footprint. Follow here for updates: https://aerospace.org/reentries/cz-5b-rb-id-54217

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AerospaceCorp/status/1588200214393139200

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I updated my blogpost on the Chinese #CZ5B #reentry with a new GMAT analysis:

I fiddled with the area-to-mass ratio in GMAT untill I got a splashdown close to the time and location reported by China. I then looked what (cont.) Reentry predictions for the Chinese CZ-5B rocket stage 2021-035B [UPDATED]