The US Space Command confirmed that the rocket re-entered over the Indian Ocean at 5.45pm. BST. 5 Footage claims to show an out-of-control Chinese missile disintegrating over MalaysiaCredit: Twitter 5 Chinese officials have yet to confirm where and when the Long March-5B Y3 landed back on EarthCredit: Twitter 5 The rocket carried China’s Wentian Space Station Laboratory ModuleCredit: Alamy 5 Experts have plotted where the Chinese rocket is likely to return to EarthCredit: The Aerospace Corporation In a tweet, the space agency said: “USSPACECOM can confirm that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Long March 5B (CZ-5B) re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approximately 10:45 am. MDT on 7/30. “We refer you to #PRC for more details on the technical aspects of re-entry, such as possible debris dispersion + impact location.” Chinese officials have yet to confirm the exact details of the crash. It comes as incredible footage reportedly shows the spacecraft disintegrating over Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia. Debris is believed to have landed in the Indian Ocean, but may have also hit the Malaysian city of Bintulu. Astronomer Jonathan McDowell tweeted: “Now the Space Force has confirmed the decay at 1651 UTC about 113E 3N (Bintulu, Sarawak). “(When they give +- 1 minute, they say “viewed” but mean “we saw it”).” Experts tried to plot the trajectory of the massive rocket as it made an unpredictable re-entry. The Aerospace Corporation explained in a graphic that reentry could have occurred anywhere along two orbits. In one possible path, shown in the yellow line above, the missile would first appear over the Indian Ocean before sweeping south under South Africa and the South Atlantic Ocean and heading toward Brazil and near the city of Sao Paulo, which has a population of over 12.3 million. It will then sweep northwest across South America, along the west coast of Mexico and the US passing near both San Diego, with a population of about 1.4 million people, and Los Angeles, home to nearly 4 million people. It is then expected to divert into the Pacific Ocean. In the other, blue line, the missile could sweep the Far East, past Japan, home to nearly 126 million people, before heading south and passing over countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia before crossing the Indian Ocean. heading south of South Africa and then ending up in the South Atlantic Ocean. The Beijing government said earlier this week the tremor posed little risk to anyone on the ground. The Long March 5B rocket launched on Sunday to deliver a laboratory module to the new Chinese space station under construction into orbit. It marked the third flight of China’s most powerful rocket since its maiden launch in 2020. As was the case during its first two flights, the rocket’s entire core stage — which is 100 feet (30 meters) long and weighs 22 tons (about 48,500 pounds) — has already reached low orbit. The rocket’s body disintegrated as it plunged into the atmosphere. It is large enough that several pieces could probably survive a fiery reentry into the debris rain in an area about 2,000 km (1,240 miles) long and about 70 km (44 miles) wide, independent U.S.-based analysts said Wednesday. The overall risk to people and property on the ground is quite low, Aerospace analyst Ted Muelhaupt told reporters at a news briefing. That’s because 75 percent of the Earth’s surface in the potential path of the debris is water, desert, or jungle. However, there is a possibility that pieces of the missile could land in a residential area. 5 The Long March 5B rocket was launched on SundayCredit: Getty