Mysterious smouldering object lands in Australian Outback

In 2003, some sizable space debris was found washed ashore around 1,000km of the same area. At the time, the Australian Space Agency stated that the space debris likely originated from an Indian launch vehicle.

It is not uncommon for space debris to make its way to Australia, according to Perth Observatory’s Matt Woods.

He said in an interview, “It is on purpose that this bit of rocket body has landed back, but it could just be the way that it’s been tumbling that this piece was able to survive.”

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