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Russian Spy Satellite Falls over Michigan

Russian failed spy satellite collided back to Earth scorching up in a fireball witnessed by thousands of people across the U.S. Midwest and Michigan. The American Meteor Society (AMS) has acknowledged more than 80 reports about the fireball display, from the people of Tennessee and Michigan.

The American Meteor Society, the fireball ignited up at approximately 12:43 a.m. EDT (0443). The AMS has also shared images captured by some the witnesses, including a video of 27 seconds that displays the meteor furious track through the skies overhead of Comstock Park, Michigan.

Russian Spy Satellite Falls over Michigan

Astronomer and satellite hunter Jonathan McDowell, who’s based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said that 12:43 a.m. EDT is the correct estimated time Kosmos-2551 delivered over the region and within the re-entry time improbability gap specified by Space Force.

Kosmos-2551 is a Russian investigation/spy satellite that was launched on Sep. 9 but superficially botched soon subsequently. McDowell further said that the satellite had not been accustomed to its orbits since the takeoff. The Kosmos-2551 was projected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere the very next day before it curved out to be off within an hour.

McDowell added that the satellite is only 500 kg in weight and no wreckage is anticipated to reach the Earth’s surface. Space scrap fireball occurrences are now becoming more common as more and more satellites have been launched to orbit.