Sightings2020

Long March 5B core stage debris reported in Ivory Coast villages

When

11 May 2020

Where

Mahounou, Ivory Coast

Sources

2 public sources

The U.S. military reported that China's Long March 5B core stage reentered uncontrolled over the Atlantic. Long metal pieces then reported in the villages of Mahounou and N'guinou, Ivory Coast, were attributed by astronomer Jonathan McDowell and others to the rocket; no injuries were reported.