@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. That's all we have on this re-entry; thanks for the wild ride and 30K more followers. Good night!
The reentry window is from 09:00 am until 11:00 am (Brunei Time) on 09 May 2021. Here are some sites which monitor the deorbiting Long March 5B rocket body:
Updated for 09 May 2021 02:11 (UTC) ยฑ 60 minutes reentry. 90% of this ground track is over ocean. (Source: Space-track.org). Note: Possible reentry locations lie anywhere along the ground track.
Updated on 09 May 2021 at 09:00 (Brunei) | Precise location will be determined only AFTER it has already landed | www.bruneiastronomy.org
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Based on latest predictions (Jonathan McDowell): Passes narrows down to one orbit – Costa Rica, Haiti, Iberia, Sardinia, Italy, Greece and Crete, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand.
Location & Time in UTC along the Ground Track: W Australia (0104 UTC) to Lake Torrens to Canberra to Wellington (0117 UTC) to S Pacific; Costa Rica (0144 UTC), Haiti (0147 UTC) on to the Atlantic; Braga, Portugal (0202 UTC); Valladolid, Spain (0203 UTC), Reus, Spain; Oristano, Sardinia ; Rosarno, Calabria, Italy; Kythira (0208 UTC); Sitia, Crete; Gaza (0211 UTC); Jordan; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (0214 UTC); Dhofar, Oman (0217 UTC).Indian Ocean, then Perth (0236 UTC); then northern Tasmania (0243 UTC), and back to Wellington (0248 UTC).
CelesTrak now provides a live view of the evolving decay of the Long March-5B rocket body that launched TIANHE.