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A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield

Discovered 2026-10-19T08:05:11.474418-07:00 | 2026-10-19T08:05:11.474418-07:00

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Ars Technica reports: All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.

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