A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky over some southern states in the United States this weekend, but that was no meteor ...

Satellite imagery shows neighborhoods burned down, roads closed, and fires spreading across Los Angeles.

McDowell confirmed on X that it was a satellite operated by Beijing-based Space View. "The commercial imaging satellite 高景一号02星 (GaoJing 1-02, Superview 1-02), operated by Beijing-based SpaceView, ...

The Ursid meteor shower peaked this year on the night of December 21-22, the same time as the satellite reentry.

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.

The imaging satellite was decommissioned two years ago and abandoned to burn up upon reentry through Earth's atmosphere.

The first-stage booster landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic 8½ minutes after liftoff, ...

The satellite was one of China's first-ever commercial Earth imaging satellites. RIP, SuperView 1-02. A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky over some southern states in the United States this ...