Chinese rocket stage reentry lights the sky over Maharashtra

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Skyline of Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Chandrapur district, where a metal ring from the reentry was found in Sindewahi Ganesh Dhamodkar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A streak of light crossed several Maharashtra districts on the evening of April 2, 2022, and a hot metal ring about 3 m across and a sphere were found in Sindewahi, Chandrapur. Astronomer Jonathan McDowell linked the streak to the reentry of a Chang Zheng 3B third stage.

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  1. PressMaharashtra: Metal ring, spherical object found in Sindewahi after yesterday's meteor shower (ANI) (opens in a new tab)ThePrint (ANI feed) / 2022-04-03

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