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China dumping more rocket bodies in space, endangering low Earth orbit satellites: Report
Three Chinese rocket bodies have exploded over the last four years, creating dangerous debris that could persist for decades to centuries and pose collision risks to satellites in low Earth orbit, according to a LeoLabs study cited in the report.
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