Humanity Star to reach fiery doom earlier than expected
Rocket Lab's Humanity Star is expected to reach a fiery doom much earlier than expected.
The 8kg carbon fibre geodesic sphere with 65 reflective panels, which resembled a disco ball, was shot into orbit from the Mahia Peninsula on January 21 on board Rocket Lab's Electron rocket.
The launch also carried small satellites into the Earth's orbit for US companies Planet Labs and Spire Global.
It was expected the Humanity Star would be one of the brightest objects in the night sky for nine months, but satellite-tracking website Satview reported on Wednesday that it will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate at 3am on Friday.
Previously: Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket Launched "Humanity Star", a Temporary Source of Light Pollution
(Score: 4, Funny) by Bot on Wednesday March 21 2018, @07:40AM (3 children)
the new tower of babel
crosses the late winter sky
meatbags don't learn
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(Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Wednesday March 21 2018, @04:43PM (2 children)
Many satellites
much higher than this one
still orbit Earth
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:25PM
One man's hubris
Turned out mostly ignored
Now it's gone.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday March 22 2018, @10:47PM
many ordinary towers too
hold steady against the cold spring winds
you missed the point
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