Unusual object in the sky. It was visible from Bolesławiec. PHOTO

The event took place on July 9. The Bad Bunzlauer:

Yesterday’s incredible phenomenon in the sky. At around 11 p.m. This was the so-called deorbiting—the return of an Ariane 6 rocket from space into Earth’s atmosphere. Photo taken from Łasicka Street in Bolesławiec.

Did you see it with your own eyes? What did you think? We invite you to join the discussion.

Poles had the opportunity to observe an unusual phenomenon in the night sky—the deorbiting of an Ariane 6 rocket. The launch of this two-stage launch vehicle, operated by Arianespace and manufactured by ArianeGroup on behalf of the European Space Agency, took place on July 9 from the European spaceport in French Guiana.

About two hours after launch, a strange glow was visible around the rocket over Poland, most likely resulting from a malfunction of the attitude-control engines. The phenomenon caused considerable excitement among observers who had the opportunity to watch the rocket fly across the starry sky.

Deorbiting is the process of reducing an object’s orbital velocity so that it enters Earth’s atmosphere at an appropriate angle, which in this case was described as a spectacular display in the sky.

(Header photograph: illustrative image).