UPDATED: Chinese Rocket that Delivered Military Spy Satellites Breaks Up Over Texas

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https://news.usni.org/2023/03/09/chinese-rocket-that-delivered-military-spy-satellites-breaks-up-over-texas

UPDATED: Chinese Rocket that Delivered Military Spy Satellites Breaks Up Over Texas

By: Sam LaGrone
March 9, 2023 2:47 PM • Updated: March 9, 2023 5:39 PM

The June 23, 2022 launch of three spy satlittles [sic]aboard a Long March rocket. The second stage from this launch broke up over Texas on Wednesday.

This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. Space Command and additional information on the path of the debris.

The second stage of a Chinese rocket that delivered a trio of military surveillance satellites in June disintegrated over Texas on Wednesday, USNI News has learned.

The four-ton component of a Chang Zheng 2D ‘Long March’ rocket punched through the atmosphere on Wednesday over Texas at 17,000 miles per hour and disintegrated, two defense officials confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.

Military officials have yet to find any debris from the rocket stage, however USNI News understands the debris field could be miles wide and several hundred miles long.

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[Luz]

1. I saw this. At first I thought i was seeing an exploding

star, it got big and bright really fast then faded to a pinpoint. When i noticed it was moving i decided it was a satellite that blew up.
Glad to know i wasn't seeing things.

[GreenWave]

2. What will the gubnuh do to retaliate?

[dalton99a]

3. Reckless assholes - could have been a populated area

This is a track of People’s Republic of China CZ-2D Rocket Body, SCC# 52910 over West Texas. The pin indicates where the object entered the atmosphere. Jonathan McDowell used with permission.

[Bucky]

4. "Long March"

but a slow fall