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Debris found in a Minnesota cornfield is linked to a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket

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A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield
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A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota, and debris was left in a farmer's cornfield. Ars Technica reports that all the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.

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    Ars Technica reports that all the evidence points to the debris found in a farmer's cornfield in Minnesota being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket that deorbited over the state.

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