Fireball Over California May Have Been Re-Entry Of Chinese Space Junk

Several reports of a brilliant fireball over California were submitted to the American Meteor Society. In a post on X, astronomer Jonathan McDowell mentioned "reentry of the Shenzhou 15 orbital module."

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