During the night of Saturday and the early morning of Sunday, users shared on social networks videos taken in different cities of Mexico, in which a luminous wake is observed advancing in the sky, which they described as a “meteorite”.
🔥 SPACEX FALCON 9 FALLS ON MEXICO 🇲🇽
Tonight a “#Meteorito” has been seen falling on northern Mexico.
🚀 It was actually the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched in March 2017 with the EchoStar23 mission.
It has disintegrated in the atmosphere completely. pic.twitter.com/5ERaFTMBJ2
— Space Frontier (@FronteraSpacial) February 6, 2022
However, it was “space junk”: the object observed was the second stage of a rocket from the company SpaceX, which was launched in March 2017 with the EchoStar23 mission, which disintegrated in the atmosphere in its entirety.
This is how the second stage of a rocket #Falcon9 over Mexico disintegrates in the atmosphere. IMPRESSIVE ☄️🤩☄️ pic.twitter.com/BEqUaFwlKd
— Satellites by Argentina 📡 (@SatelitesArg) February 6, 2022
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On its website, Aerospace predicted the re-entry of the object launched from Cape Canaveral between February 4 and 5.
The Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. It uses as propellants kerosene for densified rockets and liquid oxygen.
In addition, it is the world’s first reusable orbital-class rocket. The reuse allows SpaceX to fly the most expensive parts of the rocket again, which in turn reduces the cost of access to space.
Space X offers with this vehicle satellite launch services and cargo transport to the International Space Station.
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