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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre recorded a meteor breaking up in Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 30 at 8:37 p.m. EDT. 
Also, notice the star-like object moving slowly toward the upper middle of the screen. Orbiting 500 miles above Earth, it's the booster rocket that launched the Russian Kosmos 2219 intelligence satellite in 1992.
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Skywatchers See Meteor Break Up + Zenit Booster

The night sky above Marshall Space Flight Centre, AL, on September 30th delivered a streaking meteor breaking up and the spent upper stage booster of a Russian intelligence satellite (launched in 1992) burning out of existence in the high atmosphere.



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