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China's Long March 6A rocket is making a mess in low-Earth orbit
- luyu_wu 2y agoSlightly meta comment, but it's amusing the number went from 400 to 700 to 1000 pieces of debris through the article!
- ricardobeat 2y agoReporting live on the Kessler effect! /s
- jryle70 2y agoAmusing as in being incorrect? Because the article is pretty clear about the context of those numbers. This is not the first time it happened to Long March 6 which only flew for the first time in 2022. China is aware the 2nd stage is explosion prone, yet continue to use it. That's a pretty cavalier attitude with regards to reducing space debris.