and this:
Posted on 03/20/2018 8:52:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The 8kg carbon fibre geodesic sphere with 65 reflective panels, which resembled a disco ball, was shot into orbit from the Mahia Peninsula on January 21 on board Rocket Lab's Electron rocket.
The launch also carried small satellites into the Earth's orbit for US companies Planet Labs and Spire Global.
It was expected the Humanity Star would be one of the brightest objects in the night sky for nine months, but satellite-tracking website Satview reported on Wednesday that it will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate at 3am (NZT) on Friday.
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Anything left of the sphere is likely to come down in the south Pacific Ocean.
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Some astronomers...described the Humanity Star as a shiny piece of space junk in an already crowded place.
(Excerpt) Read more at tvnz.co.nz ...
If only this was a historic metaphor for the entire disco era.
Maybe it will take out the Tesla Roadster on the way down ...
> "> Telstar
Humanity Sphere
The Disco Ball satellite description immediately brought to mind Telstar.
As a youngster we went outside and watched Echo go overhead.
THAT was a real ball - reflecting on the universe! Several hundred feet in diameter.
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