PhilSA warns of expected China rocket debris near Northern Luzon

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Wednesday warned that expected debris from the rocket launch of People’s Republic of China may have fallen in parts of Northern Luzon as it cautioned the public from retrieving these materials.

According to PhilSA, the Long March 7A rocket was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Wenchang, Hainan around 7:50 p.m. (Philippine time) on Wednesday.

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With this, it identified drop zones where debris were projected to have fallen: approximately 41 nautical miles (NM) away from Burgos, Ilocos Norte and 64 NM away from Dalupiri Island, Cagayan (drop zone 1); and 67 NM away from Santa Ana, Cagayan and 80 NM away from Camiguin Norte (drop zone 2). Both drop zones are within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.