Chinese rocket hits the moon

Bill Gray who writes the popular Near-Earth Object tracking program Project Pluto originally reported that the remnants were a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage launched from Florida in February 2015. The four-tonne rocket part probably hit the Moons surface at a speed of about 5700 mph.

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. A rocket part expected to collide with the moon on March 4 was wrongly identified as a SpaceX Falcon rocket stage. EST 1225 GMT Friday. A rocket expected to crash into the moon in early March was built by China not SpaceX it has emerged.

The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5800mph 9300kmh on Friday away from telescopes prying eyes. The bus-sized third stage of a. The moon is a wonderland of cratersthousands of them carved by asteroids hitting the surface over billions of years.

It was a booster for. EST122558 Universal Time today a rocket part launched by China eight years ago should have struck the Moon while traveling at a. 2 days agoThe discarded rocket stage will be traveling at a blistering 5771 mph 9288 kmh when it hits the Hertzsprung crater on the moons far side at 725 am.

13 hours agoThe object may have been part of a rocket that launched a small Chinese spacecraft called Change 5-T1 toward the moon in 2014. The rocket which is as heavy as an Asian elephant is set to strike the surface of the far side of the moon on March 4. 23 hours agoA chunk of Chinese space junk today crashed into the far side of the Moon according to a maker of astrometry software.

The rocket booster can be seen tracking across the sky right-to-left. At precisely 72558 am. The rocket was used for Change-5 T1 a Chinese lunar mission launched Oct.

The three-tonne rocket part had been tracked for a number of years but its origin was contested. He ran the numbers again and concluded it was the third stage of a. The energy from.

The trash is believed to be a spent Long March 3C rocket booster from the launch of Change 5-T1 a Chinese experimental robotic spacecraft that lifted off in 2014The leftover component was estimated to have smashed into the Moon at. Discarded rocket part to hit Moon in hours say scientists. A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on 4 March but contrary to what had been.

More likely the object was from a Chinese lunar mission according to NASA. 1 day agoMarch 4 2022 1049 AM ET. Instead astronomers will rely on images taken by.

20 hours agoImpact wont be visible. Discarded Chinese rocket HITS the moon. In a statement from UArizona the rocket originally thought to.

The rocket part was xpected to hit the Moon on March 4 where it will leave a crater about 65 feet in diameter on the surface but unfortunately it wont be possible to see the impact live as the tumbling rocket part is expected to hit the Moons far side the part that faces away from Earth. 1 day agoMoon crash. Three-tonne piece of space junk is likely to have left a 66ft crater after slamming into the lunar.

Astronomers think that a rocket booster expected to hit the moon on Friday is Chinese though a Chinese official has denied this. 1 day agoThe rocket booster was likely hit the Moon at 122558 Universal Time on March 4 2022 Forbes reported. 2 days agoA booster from a Chinese rocket is on course to slam into the side of the moon on March 4 a University of Arizona team confirmed.

A discarded part of a rocket should have crashed into the Moons far side by now say scientists who were expecting the impact at 1225 GMT. A much-debated piece of space junk suspected to be part of a Chinese rocket that helped launch a 2014 lunar mission hit the far side of the moon scientists say. It may take weeks even months to confirm the impact through.

No matter whose it is the rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5800 mph 9300 kph on Friday away from telescopes prying eyes. The third stage of a Long March 3C rocket will hit the moon at about 5700 mph. Space rocks are still at it and every year the.

23 2014 111 days before the Deep Space. The piece of old space junk expected to crash into the moon in early March that was originally thought to be from SpaceX is actually. 1 day agoAstronomers say a rocket likely hit the moon last night based on the law of gravity but experts told UPI on Friday there are currently no.

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