Sightings2001

Mir reentry fireballs seen over Fiji

When: 23 Mar 2001
Where: Nadi, Fiji
Sources: 3 public sources

The reentry track of Mir in March 2001, whose fireballs were seen over Fiji GW (Wikimedia Commons user), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Russia deliberately deorbited the Mir space station into the South Pacific. Witnesses in Fiji described white fireballs streaking across the sky and sonic booms, a planned reentry that produced a vivid light show rather than an unexplained event.

Sources

PressMir Splashes Down Without a Hitch (opens in a new tab)PBS NewsHour / 2001-03-23
PressCrash of the Mir (opens in a new tab)The Fiji Times / 2018-03-25
PressMir's Fiery Re-entry, March 23, 2001 (opens in a new tab)Universe Today

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Where it fits

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