A Chinese commercial imaging satellite, GaoJing 1-02, broke apart in the atmosphere over the United States, creating a visible fireball across several states. The event was captured on video and social media, with many mistaking it for the Ursid meteor shower.
A Chinese satellite named GaoJing 1-02, or Superview 1-02, disintegrated over the U.S. in a spectacular fireball. The spacecraft, which was traveling at 17,000 mph (27,400 km/h), reentered the atmosphere above New Orleans at 10:08 p.m. CST (11:08 p.m. EST) on December 21st. It then traveled northwards across Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. The satellite had been dead since January 2023 and this was an uncontrolled reentry.
Its disintegration was captured in numerous photographs and videos by social media users, with the American Meteor Society receiving 120 reports of a fireball. Some observers mistakenly identified the satellite as part of the Ursid meteor shower, which also peaked over the weekend
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