The remains of Falcon 9 rocket over Poland. Is confirming the space agency

According to the promoter of astronomy, Karol Wójcicki, observed around 4.45 on Wednesday, the rain of burning shards are the remains of the second degree of Falcon 9 rocket, fired on February 1, year in California. The purpose of the start was to take out 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from group 11-4.

“The second degree of the Falcon 9 rocket released the 22 Satellite Starlink in orbit and waited for deorbitation. It usually takes place in a manner controlled by re -firing the vacuum engine and pushing the object into the atmosphere over the ocean. This time it was different …” – emphasized the author of the profile “With head in stars” in social media.

According to Wójcicki, the moment of deorbitation was planned for 5.20 official time, i.e. on 6.20 in Poland with a margin of an error of three hours.

“This means that we were dealing with uncontrolled deorbitation – it was ahead of the slow reduction of speed and height, the object automatically enters the atmosphere of the Earth. About 4.49 was planned to fly the second degree over Poland and it was then that about 4 minutes earlier it burned in in The atmosphere, which the inhabitants of western Poland could see, “we read on the profile.

The trajectory of the second degree of Falcona 9 was on the Berlin line – Poznań – Łódź – Lublinthen the remains headed towards Ukraine. According to Wójcicki, such events usually do not pose a threat to the inhabitants, because the remains of the rocket completely burn when entering the atmosphere again. In 2021, the second degree fragments of Falcon 9 fell on one of the farms in the American state of Washington. The incident did not cause damage or injuries, but “after that incident, SpaceX improved deorbit procedures to minimize such cases,” he added.

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Shortly after 1pm, the Polish Space Agency confirmed that the facility that appeared over Poland was a SpaceX rocket.

“The Polish Space Agency (Polsa), the Space Safety Department (DBK) confirms that at night from 04.46-4: 48, 19. February 2025. The territory of Poland took place into the uncontrolled entrance to the atmosphere of the Falcon 9 R load-bearing rocket. / B – object with the NORAD / COSPAR ID 62878 / 2025-022Y ” – It was written in an official announcement.

Agnieszka Gapys, a spokeswoman for the Polish Space Agency, reported on Wednesday evening that on Tuesday, it was reported in the report that a measuring rocket member Falcon 9 would enter the atmosphere over Poland in an uncontrolled way. Information that Polsa was warned on Tuesday on the Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, reported the first RMF radio.

– The Polish Space Agency informs on a regular basis about what is happening in space. One of the reports, which concerned the possible recentra (re -entering the atmosphere of the rocket), was sent yesterday at 12 o'clock to the relevant ministries and services – she said. She added that among the recipients of the report were, among others Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Development and Technology, Foreign Affairs, Infrastructure, Science and Higher Education and Education.

When asked about this issue by PAP, the spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense Janusz Sejmej announced that the report had not reached the ministry.

“Perhaps it was delivered ineffectively,” he said. He explained that there are established communication procedures between Polsa and the ministry, which until now operated efficiently. The source similar to the case stated in a conversation with PAP that Polsa sent a report on the possible entry into the atmosphere of rocket remains on Tuesday at 14 and it concerned the area of ​​all of Europe. Polsa did not send information that the area of ​​the possible fall of the remains was narrowed to Poland.

Earlier, a spokeswoman for the Polish Space Agency said that it is not possible to predict the exact place of falling of the rocket's remains, because “you never know how the object will behave when entering the atmosphere.” – Since such situations are extremely rare, there are no procedures established in Poland. Due to the fact that traffic in space It is getting bigger, such procedures must arise. Currently, the Ministry of Development and Technology is preparing a bill on space, which together with executive ordinances will regulate such issues – said Gapys.

The unusual phenomenon was visible in some places in Poland. On contact24 we received recordings and photos, among others Hawthorn and Poznań, Bolesławiec.

– It looked as if something fell into the earthly atmosphere and burned. After about 45 seconds, the phenomenon completely disappeared – wrote Mr. Tomasz from the Krzyż Wielkopolski.

We also received reports from Germany. Including Berlin, Neugersdorf and Schwedt.

This is not the only unusual phenomenon observed in the sky in Poland during the last day. On Tuesday evening, a car was observed over Mazovia.

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