21-12-2024 11:51 via wbrz.com

NEW: Astronomers say ball of fire in Capital Area skies was a Chinese satellite returning to Earth

BATON ROUGE - A ball of fire streaked across Capital area skies on Saturday night. Residents could see the orange glow fly through the night-time sky around 10 p.m. Astronomers are now weighing in, and they say it was a Chinese commercial satellite (Superview-1 02) which reentered Earth's atmosphere. It passed overhead near New Orleans shortly before 10:10 p.m. CST Saturday. The object broke into several pieces as it burned up in the upper atmosphere and very likely never made it to th
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