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Starlink Satellite Captured Breaking Up Over The Southwest

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Nov 13, 2024
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Kaitlin Wright , Witnesses across parts of the southwestern United States saw what they thought was a fireball in the sky over the weekend. According to Astronomer and Orbital Debris Expert, Jonathan McDowell, that ‘fireball’ was actually SpaceX Starlink-4682 Internet Satellite reentering Earth’s atmosphere. Starlink-4682, launched in 2022 Aug, reentered at 0403 UTC Nov 10 (9:03pm MST/10:03 pm CST Nov 9) on a track over Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Oklahoma and appears to have been widely observed pic.twitter.com/u4sByf2SLe