Government experts are monitoring debris from rocket, which is due to enter atmosphere on FridayMobile operators have been instructed to verify the UK's emergency alert system is functioning amid fears that debris from a Chinese rocket might crash into Britain. Officials in Whitehall are tracking wreckage from the rocket as it hurtles towards Earth, with a possibility it could strike the UK. Approximately 70 pieces of space debris fly past the UK every month whilst, on average, three large chunks of space junk crash to Earth daily. Britain's emergency preparedness teams are keeping watch on the debris for the remote scenario it lands on UK soil. A UK Government spokesman said: "It is extremely unlikely that any debris enters UK airspace.