11-Foot Chunk of Chinese Rocket Crashes Down in Minnesota Cornfield

On October 14, 2026, the Stevens County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota found a metallic object about 11 feet in diameter in a cornfield. Ars Technica reports it was almost certainly debris from a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket built by LandSpace, which launched from the Gobi Desert to deploy 10 satellites.

• The roughly 11-foot debris was found in a field on October 14, 2026
• The Zhuque-2E rocket from LandSpace deployed 10 satellites
• State and federal agencies are working to identify the debris owner
• In 2024 a NASA ISS component crashed through a Florida home