Space junk shower lights up California sky as Chinese rocket parts re-enter atmosphere

Parts of a Chinese #rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere illuminated the sky across California early on Tuesday morning. Around local time ( BST), the space junk #shower created a blazing fireball that turned night into day all the way from Sacramento to San Diego, according to the American Meteor Society. Analysts from the the Aerospace Corporation used tracking data to confirm that the object seen re-entering over Los Angeles was “the orbital module from the November 2022 #Chinese Shenzhou-15 launch to their space station“. #space #california Read more on The Telegraph website. Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and ar