The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will dispatch a team of experts to Pawanpur village in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district to investigate what are thought to be the remains of a disintegrated Chinese rocket. “Inputs on the mysterious flashing light seen in the sky during the evening hours of April 3 have come in from a variety of sources…
A metal ring and a cylinder-like object were discovered in an open field in Pawanpur village, according to reports. “A team of scientists from ISRO is visiting Pawanpur for inspection and further scientific inquiry, as requested by the district administration,” read a post on ISRO’s Facebook page.
On Sunday, videos of a flaming meteor-like object seen from people’s terraces in Maharashtra went viral on social media. Space debris, such as remnants of satellites, rockets, and other spacecraft, colliding with the earth is common, but such objects falling onto land is uncommon.
ISRO will conduct the search
It was a re-entry of a Chinese rocket stage, the third stage of the Chang Zheng 3B serial number Y77, which was launched in February 2021, according to reports from facilities that track the path of such objects. However, neither Chinese nor Indian officials have confirmed the origins of these space objects.
The increasing number of satellites and space launches means that space around the earth is becoming increasingly crowded with space objects. While international initiatives to track such debris exist, the ISRO has established a Directorate of Space Situational Awareness and Management (DSSAM) in Bengaluru. One of its missions is to track the movement of spacecraft. According to ISRO, the NETRA (NEtwork for Space Object Tracking and Analysis) project is being launched as a first step toward achieving this goal, with its main components being a radar, an optical telescope facility, and a control center.
The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will dispatch a team of experts to Pawanpur village in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district to look into the remains of a disintegrated Chinese rocket. Space debris, or the remnants of satellites, rockets, and other spacecraft, colliding with the earth is a common occurrence, but such objects colliding with the land is uncommon.
The increasing number of satellites and space launches means that space around the earth is becoming increasingly crowded with space objects. While international initiatives to track such debris exist, the ISRO has established a Directorate of Space Situational Awareness and Management (DSSAM) in Bengaluru.