Three gigantic cylinders suspected as rocket wreckage fell on the desolate mountain areas and far-flung villages of central Hubei Province last Friday, causing no deaths or injuries.

The wreckage, most likely from a launched remote sensing satellite applied to scientific experiments, surveys on national land resources, assessments of agricultural products and the prevention and mitigation of natural disasters, has been cordoned off by the local government.

Li Xian, the Party secretary of Huangyun Village, where some of the debris fell, said they rushed to the scene after hearing several explosions and found a colossal mantle on the spot.

Having been informed in advance of the security concern, the local governments in rural Hubei Province announced a curfew from 5:00 am to 8:30 am prohibiting outdoor activities of students and villagers while blocking the pass of vehicles on Friday morning.

Villages on the border of both Shaanxi and Hubei Province have more than once been chosen as destinations for falling debris. On Oct. 25, 2008, the rocket carrier known as —"Long March Number Four B,"—which successfully propelled explorer satellites into orbit, was found 20 minutes after its fall on Hubei's Zhushan Town. The remains were retrieved for recycling.

Zhushan is a border town adjacent to Shaanxi Province where the capital Xi'an is home to China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control Centre.

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