2023-04-20 02:15:47
Kiev authorities said that a strong flash was detected over the capital and triggered air strike warning sirens, caused by a NASA satellite re-entering the atmosphere.
The head of the city’s military administration, Sergey Popko, said on Telegram, “According to preliminary information, the phenomenon was caused by the fall of a NASA space satellite.”+”.
- The US space agency announced this week that a retired 300-kilogram satellite will return to the atmosphere on Wednesday..
and the Reuven Ramati High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager spacecraft” (RHESSI) It was used to monitor solar flares and was placed in low Earth orbit in 2002 and decommissioned in 2018, according to NASA..
Popko said, “About 20:00 (19:00 GMT) on the nineteenth of April, a radioactive glow of an air object was detected in the sky of Kiev.“.
He pointed out that the warning sirens of an air strike sounded, but “the air defenses did not activate“.
On social networks, speculation was circulated after several channels published video recordings showing a strong flash lighting up the sky of Kiev..
- And NASA announced in a statement issued on Monday that it expects the majority of parts to burn “RHESSI” upon re-entry into the atmosphere.
- “However, it is expected that some of the components will survive (the effects of) re-entry” into the atmosphere, NASA said, adding that the risk of harm to anyone is small, about one in 2,467..
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