The stage of the rocket, which should fall on the moon on March 4, may not be from SpaceX at all – the astronomer admitted the possibility of error
Rocket to hit the moon could have been launched by China
The astronomer credited with discovering the upcoming impact, Bill Gray, has announced that he made a mistake in identifying the rocket as an old SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage.
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Gray suggests that this the stage may be part of the Long March 3C rocket, which launched China’s Chang’e 5-T1 lunar mission in October 2014.
The Virtual Telescope project captured the upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is expected to will reach the Moon in March 2022.
Astronomers tracking it now say it’s likely the stage of a Chinese rocket. It is still expected that it will crash into the far side of the Moon on March 4 at 14:25 Kyiv time. It will not be visible from Earth.
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Source: Segodnya
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