Beijing: Debris from the recently launched Long March-7 Y9 carrier rocket fell back to Earth with the vast majority of the remnants burning up during the reentry process, the China Manned Space Agency said.

According to Oman News Agency, the reentry took place around 21:49 Beijing time. Debris from the second stage of the rocket eventually landed in the Atlantic Ocean waters located at a latitude of 28.3 degrees north and a longitude of 52.9 degrees west.

The rocket, which carried the Tianzhou-8 cargo craft to deliver fresh supplies to China’s space station, lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on 15 November 2024.

Long March-7 is China’s new-generation medium-lift launch vehicle. It has a low Earth orbit payload capacity of 14 tons and can meet the requirements for sending cargo craft into orbit to dock with the orbiting space station.