Chinese rocket stage burns up over Texas in dramatic video footage.

A video of a fireball streaking across the sky likely shows a Chinese rocket section that burned up in the atmosphere above Texas earlier this month. The four-ton rocket section entered the atmosphere above the southwestern corner of Texas at a speed of 17,000 mph after falling from low Earth orbit. The reentry of this Chinese rocket stage over Texas "reinforces the need for better international norms regarding high-risk uncontrolled reentries," U.S. Space Command told USNI News.