TURKS AND CIACOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT (TCIG) – SPACEX INCIDENT PUBLIC ADVISORY #2

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Friday 17^th January 2024: As previously advised, the incident is an active investigation led by the US FAA in liaison with UK and TCI counterparts.

UK partners will also be liaising with the TCI Environmental Health Department, Maritime Department and Department of Environment and Coastal Resources to consider any potential environmental issues that may occur on land or in the marine environment, but during initial discussions between the UK Space Agency and SpaceX, it has been confirmed that no Hydrazine was on board the Starship rocket.

However, in the abundance of caution, members of the public who come across objects that they think might be space debris should adhere to the advice provided in the first advisory:

• • Do not touch the object
  • Make a note of the location (Island and exact coordinates) of the object and the time
  • If possible take a photograph of the object (without touching it) alongside another object for scale
  • Notify the authorities by sending the details to nationalsecurity@gov.tc with the subject title Space X Debris.
  • Please also notify the authorities of any maritime observations of debris, including time, location and photograph
  • Space debris remains the property of the spacecraft owner

If you have already handled what you think might be space debris please put it in a safe place where others will not handle it and inform the authorities at nationalsecurity@gov.tc. Further advice will be provided for the collation of the debris.