Where Is The Rocket???

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It was a busy weekend in orbit. At 10:03 in the morning on October 25, 2026 (Beijing time), China fired a Long March 8A rocket into the sky from Wenchang, Hainan, carrying nine satellites — the 28th batch of GuoWang internet satellites.

This was the 674th flight of the Long March family. Six hundred and seventy-four. Keep counting, we'll wait.

The Philippine Space Agency warned that rocket debris was projected to fall in TWO drop zones in Philippine waters: one in the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, about 164 nautical miles from El Nido, Palawan, and a second in Philippine archipelagic waters, about 42 nautical miles from the Tubbataha Reefs and 122 nautical miles from Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The debris was not projected to fall on land, and the official advice remains a classic: if it washes ashore, do not touch it.

PhilSA added that an uncontrolled re-entry of the rocket's upper stages "cannot be ruled out at this time" — which is space-agency for: keep looking up, just in case. No debris has been reported found, and no stage is being tracked as lost, so this is not a full ROCKET WATCH. Yet.

And that was only Sunday. On Friday, October 23, a Long March 6A launched the Yaogan-50 03 satellite from Taiyuan at 6:15 PM — the 672nd flight — leaving a giant glowing "space jellyfish" in the sky over northern China. Then at 3:25 AM on Saturday, October 24, a Long March 4B launched six more satellites (Yaogan-53 07-09 and Yaogan-56 19-21) from Jiuquan — the 673rd flight. Three rockets, three days, three launch sites. Somebody's overtime budget is gone.

China Continues To Launch Rockets Without Flight Termination Procedures. See You Next Time! 🚀 🚀 🚀

Read all about it: Philippine Space Agency advisory | launch report