Fireball seen across Florida likely from old Chinese rocket

ORLANDO, Fla. — Early Saturday morning, residents in Central Florida witnessed a streak of light across the sky, which was visible from Tampa to Jacksonville and even South Georgia.

There was speculation initially since it wasn’t from a planned space launch, which was halted just seconds before it was set to occur.

According to Spectrum News 13 Meteorologist Zach Covey, a review of trajectory maps determined that the fireball likely came from China’s third stage rocket launched in December 2019…

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