Celestial Surprise: Spectacular 'Artificial' Fireball Crosses Malaga and Andalucía
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Images taken from various observatories of the SMART project at midnight Sunday confirm that this was the fourth stage of the Chinese rocket Jielong-3, launched two days ago
A Jielong-3 launch vehicle was launched from the Asian country on August 8, leaving the fourth stage of the rocket in a low perigee orbit that has ended up re-entering the atmosphere.
The re-entry into the atmosphere of a Chinese rocket launched on August 8 generated a spectacular luminous phenomenon
This space debris entered the Atlantic at 118 kilometers altitude, toured more than 900 kilometers and reached an approximate speed of 29,000 kilometers per hour. Perseids produce a fireball that is visible in almost all of Spain.
The re-entry into the atmosphere of the fourth stage of the Jielong-3, launched by China on August 8, has generated this Sunday a striking luminous phenomenon visible from different points of the province of Almería and other areas of the Spanish southeast, as confirmed by the Research Network of Bolides and Meteorites (SPMN).Continue reading...
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