The newspaper also claimed that China had a "flawless safety record" regarding its uncontrolled re-entries, despite Mr McDowell's analysis. In an article responding to the most recent concerns, China's state-owned newspaper the Global Times claimed the Western media response showed "sour grapes". In May 2020, pieces from the booster came down over the Ivory Coast, according to an analysis by astronomer Jonathan McDowell, damaging several buildings but leaving no one injured. In satellite images, one can clearly see the pad.
There are a number of launch sites along the main road stretching from a garrison location. China undertook a program to improve the DF-5 in the mid-2000s, which the U.S. It is not the first time that a Chinese booster has threatened populated areas when crashing back to Earth, and similar uncontrolled re-entries took place in 20. The DF-4 and DF-5 both remain in the PLA Rocket Force inventory. A Long March-5B Y3 rocket, carrying the Wentian lab module for Chinas space station under construction, takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan province, China July 24, 2022. However in the case where the booster has gone into orbit and will fall back to Earth naturally, its final landing place won't be known until just hours before it hits land.
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