A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield
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arsTechnica
October 19, 2026 · 07:35
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All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.
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Capital
Beijing
Region
East Asia & Pacific
Income level
Upper middle income
ISO code
CHN
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