The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has refuted the assumption that a strong glow, seen late at night in the sky over Kiev, is associated with the fall of the satellite.
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An object falling and shining with white light was seen in many districts of Kyiv. After that, the air raid alarms went off.
At about 10 pm on April 19, a bright glow of an air object was observed in the sky within Kyiv. According to preliminary information, this phenomenon was the result of a NASA space satellite falling to Earth, said the head of the Kyiv city military administration, Sergei Popko.
Earlier this week, NASA announced that the decommissioned RHESSI research satellite would enter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday. This satellite, designed to study solar flares, was launched into low Earth orbit in 2002 and decommissioned in 2018.
However, NASA public relations spokesman Rob Margetta told the BBC that the satellite was still in orbit when the flash of light was observed over Kiev. It should enter the dense layers of the atmosphere during this night.
NASA and the US Department of Defense continue to track RHESSI’s movement, the agency spokesman added.
Earlier, the Alpha Centauri scientific community reported that the trajectory of the fall of this satellite passes very far from the territory of Ukraine. According to scientists, the most likely assumption is that the outbreak was caused by a meteorite fall.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also stated that the outbreaks in Kyiv are associated with the fall of a satellite or a meteorite (still being specified).
A bright flash was also seen in the Belarusian regions bordering Ukraine.
Source: Racurs
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