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Swede

(40,081 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:45 AM Sep 2025

Space debris from Starlink re-entry spotted in sky above Saskatoon



"I'm like, 'Huh, interesting, kind of strange but cool,' and then I keep looking at it and it's getting bigger and brighter," Koloski said. "I had a moment of like, 'Oh no, is this like a little prelude to something bigger? Are we going to get struck by these meteors or something?' So, a brief panic."

Then the bright light seemed to split apart into pieces that started to spin as they streaked across the sky, leaving a trail of what looked like orange embers in their wake.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-space-debris-satelitte-reentry-1.7643516
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Space debris from Starlink re-entry spotted in sky above Saskatoon (Original Post) Swede Sep 2025 OP
"Billionaires dropping their garbage on our heads" Easterncedar Sep 2025 #1

Easterncedar

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1. "Billionaires dropping their garbage on our heads"
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:32 AM
Sep 2025

Says the scientist. Yes. Just that. And with thousands of them up there with 5-year life spans, that’s a lot of metal burning off in our atmosphere with consequences unknown.

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