IN 2017, SPACEX FIRED A ROCKET, WHICH IS NOW EXPLODING OVER MEXICO

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 Another Falcon-9 rocket made a catastrophic re-entry into Earth's atmosphere late Monday evening, amid claims of a SpaceX rocket crashing on the Moon in March. The upper stage of Falcon-9 burned into the stratosphere as it hurtled into the skies over Mexico, capturing the attention of onlookers.

Since March 2017, when the Echostar 23 mission was launched, the upper stage has been in orbit. The footage of the upper stage fragments entering the lower atmosphere burning up and disintegrating, leaving behind a blazing tail, was tweeted by the Spanish language feed Frontera Espacial.

"It was the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched with the EchoStar23 mission in March 2017. In the atmosphere, it has entirely disintegrated "It sent out a tweet. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer, also confirmed that it was the top stage of a Falcon-9 rocket that was launched a few years ago.

Echostar 23 was launched into geostationary transfer orbit at a height of 35,900 kilometres above the Earth. The satellite was launched to provide Brazil with television, internet, and other communications services, and it is expected to remain operational for another decade.

The event elicited no response from SpaceX. The corporation has been steadily increasing the number of launches, with one anticipated every week in 2022. With five successful launches already accomplished this year, Elon Musk's business has been aggressively pushing towards low Earth orbit. On February 3, the business launched a set of 49 Starlink satellites into orbit using a Falcon-9 rocket.

Due to the high heat created, it is not uncommon for a spacecraft or piece of equipment to disintegrate upon entering the atmosphere.

The new incident occurs only weeks after allegations of a possible lunar rocket crash in March of this year. The Falcon-9's second stage, which was launched to deliver the United States' Deep Space Climate Observatory, will crash on the lunar surface. "It's just that objects left in cislunar orbit are unstable - will eventually either hit the Moon or the Earth or get perturbed to solar orbit," McDowell said, adding that it's not an intentional attempt by the Elon Musk-led corporation to crash its equipment onto the Moon

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