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Jan. 19, 2019
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A meteorite launcher satellite has successfully been placed into orbit for an unprecedented space show in the Japanese skies.
A small Japanese rocket placed seven mini-satellites into orbit on Friday, including one designed to create artificial meteorite rain, a kind of space fireworks.
The idea of this unprecedented celestial spectacle goes to a young company based in Tokyo that has developed the device.
The craft, which dropped in the interstellar universe the little Epsilon-4 launcher, must release 400 tiny balls that will shine when they cross the atmosphere early next year over Hiroshima.
Artificial meteors shower over a event
The rocket, which took off from the Uchinoura Space Center on Friday morning, was carrying a total of seven ultra-small satellites demonstrating various "innovative" technologies, according to Nobuyoshi Fujimoto, spokesman for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa).
"I was so emotional"
The satellites have been placed in orbit as planned, a significant success for Epsilon. "I was too emotional, without words," Japanese news agency Jiji Lena Okajima, president of the ALE firm, told the story of the fake meteorite show, which will be repeated 20 to 30 times. .
Artificial meteors shower over Japan
The ALE satellite, orbiting 500 kilometers above the Earth, will gradually descend to 400 kilometers over the next year. Another is supposed to join him in a few months.
ALE would like to dream of "the whole world" with "shooting stars on command" ejected at the right place, at the right speed and in the right direction, according to a technical process kept secret.
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Stars (of various colors) should shine for several seconds before being completely consumed. If all goes well and the sky is clear, the event of 2020 could be visible to millions of people, including in remote urban areas and strong light pollution like Tokyo, according to the firm.
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ALE Co.: http://star-ale.com/en/
Successfully launch of Epsilon-4 carrying RAPIS 1
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2019/01/successfully-of-epsilon-4-carrying.html
Images, Animation, Video, Text, Credits: AFP/ALE Co., Ltd./Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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