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Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon
South China Morning Post
In a show of space surveillance strength, a newly launched Chinese satellite tracked a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashing into the moon and captured footage of its impact. No visible plume can be seen in the images that appear to show the moment of impact, which is consistent with what other scientists and telescopes reported immediately after the rocket debris struck on Wednesday. China’s Gande-1 01 space debris monitoring satellite, launched on July 24, carried out the tracking. It is...
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