Updated On: 09 May, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Beijing | IANS
The Long March 5B rocket that launched the first chunk of Beijing`s new space station could not be maneuvered or controlled.

This photo taken on April 29 this year shows the Long March 5B rocket, lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Hainan. Pic/AFP
A 100-foot-tall, 22-metric-tonne Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth and has come down over the Indian Ocean near the Maldives.
The "out-of-control" Chinese Long March 5B rocket "re-entered over the Arabian Peninsula at approximately 10:15 p.m. EDT (around 7.45 am India time on Sunday)," according to US Space Command that was tracking the rocket.