Chinese rocket debris sighted in Portugal and Spain. Re-entry into the atmosphere mistaken for meteor shower – Observer
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The re-entry of part of the Chinese rocket CZ-2F into the atmosphere was seen in the early hours of Tuesday in Portugal and Spain.
This rocket aims to take Chinese astronaut crews to the Shenzhou space station. The material that crossed the skies this Tuesday was part of the launch of three astronauts on June 5th. The next release is scheduled for December this year.
The warning of the re-entry of this space junk It had already been released on Monday afternoon by the Spanish astronomy website Sky Watch Sentinel.with the likely location of your transit route and estimated time: between 00:27 and 00:37 (from Spain).
Warning of #SkyWatch Sentinel ????️☄️
POSSIBLE reentry of an upper stage of the chino cohete CZ-2F this night over Islas Canarias y España ????????????????
If so, it would be visible in parts of the trayectoria, between 00:27-00:37 hora española ⏰ pic.twitter.com/2jkinyIPG8
— Space Frontera (@FronteraSpacial) June 20, 2022
On the social network Twitter, the first steps came from the other side, in cities like Granada, Seville, Huelva, Alicante and Badajoz. Most, however, thought it was a meteor shower.
Meteorites in real city, Almadén ???????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/5ANwxkcjhJ
— Emilio Duran ???? (@ededj07) June 20, 2022
Meteorite has just passed through Grenada and approaches the end pic.twitter.com/y8AHy2gnOs
— Canito (@CanitoFn) June 20, 2022
Meteorites in Badajoz, @TheBigBossPutin attacks again. pic.twitter.com/2Of5wmuURQ
— CarlosMM (@CarlosMangas_) June 20, 2022
Also in Portugal, there were reports that this phenomenon has been seen in the Algarve.
Meteorites flying over Faro ☄️☄️
— Rafa (@_rafa00_) June 20, 2022
Has anyone else seen meteorites in the Algarve sky half an hour ago?
— Maria Escaja (@mariaescaja) June 20, 2022