Upper stage of Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket lands in Minnesota cornfield

A farmer in Scott Township, Minnesota, found a metal object about 11 feet (3.35 m) in diameter in his cornfield. Experts linked it to the upper stage of a LandSpace Zhuque-2E rocket launched September 15 with 10 Qianfan satellites, which deorbited over the US Midwest.

• An 11-foot metal object was found in a Minnesota field on October 15
• Its diameter matches the Zhuque-2E upper stage (3.35 m)
• The LandSpace rocket launched 10 Qianfan satellites on September 15
• LandSpace has not publicly acknowledged the debris fall