Bright fireball was caused by decommissioned satellite re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, astronomers say

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A decommissioned Chinese satellite re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere late Saturday night, producing a fireball over portions of the Southern United States, including over Memphis. Astronomers say the GaoJing/SuperView-1 02 satellite, launched from China in 2016 and decommissioned nearly two years ago, re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere over…

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