Beijing did not share information about Chinese rocket falling to Earth, NASA says

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WASHINGTON - A Chinese rocket fell back to Earth on Saturday over the Indian Ocean but NASA said Beijing had not shared the "specific trajectory information" needed to know where possible debris might fall. U.S. Space Command said the Long March 5B rocket re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approximately 12:45 p.m. EDT Saturday (1:45 a.m. JST Sunday), but referred questions about "reentry's technical aspects such as potential debris dispersal impact location" to China. Unable to view this article? This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes .co.jp and piano.io to your…