Clear to partly cloudy with a few scattered falling space ships

[MIflyer]

I saw this yesterday. It was just before sunrise and was quite spectacular, the light from some of the re-entering pieces being very bright. It was a Chinese Long March rocket upper stage re-entering , very close to Cape Canaveral.

 

[KLS&C 85]

I saw this yesterday. It was just before sunrise and was quite spectacular, the light from some of the re-entering pieces being very bright. It was a Chinese Long March rocket upper stage re-entering , very close to Cape Canaveral.

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I wonder if President Trump will try to fine the Chinese for littering???

 

[Sabrejet]

I wonder if President Trump will try to fine the Chinese for littering???

He's probably too busy doing something presidential. Golf I expect.

 

[swampyankee]

I wonder if President Trump will try to fine the Chinese for littering???

Nah. That's one of those environmental laws he despises.

 

[Antarctica]

Shown a similar pic last year by a pilot that received a notification in flight - " *** urgent amendment to Notification XYZ". Pilot asked coms "what's notification XYZ ?" "Diversion ahead".

Further questions to flight coms clarified - "Urgent ! Change course 15 deg west. NOW !!". After course change, coms were nice enough to tell them they were on a collision course to intercept falling space-junk.

 

[GrauGeist]

Didn't some Chinese space debris fall in Australia recently?

 

[WARSPITER]

Didn't some Chinese space debris fall in Australia recently?

Yeah it landed in the Wong place.