Traces of hydrazine were detected on the metallic spheres recovered at Forrest Beach, prompting hazardous materials teams to expand exclusion zones, decontaminate five secured containers and guard a sixth rendered safe.The Australian Space Agency says the fragments are likely titanium pressure vessels from rocket fuel systems, and police with explosives experts initially responded after the debris was mistaken for buoy or wreckage before agency specialists took over.Officials noted that more than 30,000 tracked pieces of orbital debris now orbit Earth and recalled a 2023 case when a large metal cylinder from an Indian rocket washed ashore in Western
Australia as investigators consult international partners to identify the launch.