(Photo Courtesy of Philippine Coastguard)
By Joanna Rose Aglibot
OLONGAPO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday (June 9) said a suspected Chinese rocket debris was recovered in Morong town in Bataan province.
According to PCG, the debris was discovered by a local fisherman, Alvin Gerance, approximately 10 miles off Napot Point in Barangay Nagbalayong on Monday (June 5)
“The fishermen towed the metal object using their motorized fishing banca all the way until they reached the shoreline at Sitio Samuyao in Barangay Mabayo at about 5:00 p.m.
The recovered debris is in the possession of PCG Station in Limay, Bataan for investigation and proper disposition.
Last month, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said that it was monitoring debris from the Long March 7 rocket which carries the Tianzhou-4 that was launched by China on May 11 at 9:22 p.m. Philippine time from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan.
The unburned debris was expected to be discarded from the rocket to have fallen within three identified drop zone areas that are approximately 65 to 79 kilometers from Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Scarborough Shoal.
On April, another Chinese rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia.
In October, one more Chinese rocket carrying the Mengtian laboratory module for the Tiangong space station was launched from Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan Island.
Both of the said rockets were also projected to leave debris on Scarborough Shoal, that serves as fishing ground for Filipinos. FREEPORT INSIDER
