{"id":125094,"date":"2024-11-12T20:27:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125094"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:27:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:27:54","slug":"broken-starlink-satellite-mistaken-for-ongoing-meteor-shower-after-creating-fireworks-display-across-several-us-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125094","title":{"rendered":"Broken Starlink satellite mistaken for ongoing meteor shower after creating &#8216;fireworks&#8217; display across several US states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>FRISCO, TEXAS\u00a0\u2013<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Skygazers across the\u00a0Southwest\u00a0U.S. spotted a possible fireball breaking up in the night sky, but it turns out this shooting star was human-made and not part of three ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/watch\/play-5fafb9c81001124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">meteor showers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of reports from Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have come into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fireball.amsmeteors.org\/members\/imo_view\/browse_events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">American Meteor Society\u00a0<\/a>about a fireball event occurring between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Video and photos show a bright trail with multiple glowing pieces moving across the sky. Some reported the display looked like \u201cfireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video at the top of the story was recorded from\u00a0Frisco, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to astronomer and orbital debris expert Jonathan McDowell, the fireball was a\u00a0SpaceX\u00a0Starlink internet satellite that was part of a batch launched in 2022. SpaceX has thousands of Starlink satellites orbiting\u00a0Earth\u00a0to provide internet access around the\u00a0world. These satellites were designed to re-enter Earth\u2019s\u00a0atmosphere\u00a0at the end of their mission to prevent more defunct satellites from cluttering low-Earth orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McDowell wrote on X the satellite came down tracking over Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Oklahoma and \u201cappears to have been widely observed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"33829782\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8618181818182;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"33829782\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/frisco-texas-skygazers-across-southwest-93460958_565f28.jpg?resize=87,47&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/frisco-texas-skygazers-across-southwest-93460958_565f28.jpg?resize=234,126&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/frisco-texas-skygazers-across-southwest-93460958_565f28.jpg?resize=150,81&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/frisco-texas-skygazers-across-southwest-93460958_565f28.jpg?resize=50,27&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Video and photos show a bright trail with multiple glowing pieces moving across the sky.  <span class=\"credit\">Alli Ortega \/ American Meteor Society<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"33829783\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.628813559322;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"33829783\" width=\"961\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral with a vapor cone developing around it, carrying 23 Starlink satellites\" class=\"wp-image-33829783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1841w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=200,123&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=231,142&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=322,198&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=664,408&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 664w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=98,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 98w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=87,53&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=234,144&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=150,92&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/vapor-cone-develops-around-spacex-93225944.jpg?resize=50,31&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>SpaceX has thousands of Starlink satellites orbiting\u00a0Earth\u00a0to provide internet access around the\u00a0world. <span class=\"credit\">Craig Bailey\/FLORIDA TODAY \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fiery show in the sky comes as there are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/leonids-taurids-geminids-meteor-showers-nasa-space-visibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer 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The Leonids and Southern and Northern Taurids meteor showers reach peak activity in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/11\/us-news\/broken-starlink-satellite-mistaken-for-ongoing-meteor-shower-after-creating-fireworks-display-across-several-us-states\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRISCO, TEXAS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Skygazers across the\u00a0Southwest\u00a0U.S. spotted a possible fireball breaking up in the night sky, but it turns out this shooting star was human-made and not part of three ongoing\u00a0meteor showers. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125094\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}