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AALTO launches milestone first stratospheric Zephyr flight from Kenya
Airbus subsidiary AALTO has launched its first stratospheric flight with a Zephyr air vehicle from a new operating base in ...
Indian Defence Review5d
A half-ton metal ring fell from the sky in Kenya. The country’s space agency confirmed what many suspected
A metallic ring weighing over 1,100 pounds crashed near Nairobi, sparking wild theories about its origin. With millions of ...
Jane's Information Group5d
AALTO commences Kenya-based operations of Zephyr HAPS
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) subsidiary company AALTO has begun flight operations of the Zephyr high-altitude ...
Remember That Metal Ring That Fell From the Sky? We Still Don’t Know Where It Came From
It’s been two weeks since a chunky metal ring crashed onto a village in Kenya, but authorities are still unable to pinpoint where it came from. The fallen object raises concern over how hard it is to ...
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Crashed metal ring in Kenya: origin of space debris still a mystery
This is according to a statement from the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) last weekend, statements from the space company Arianespace and analyses by several space experts. The possibility that the ...
Wired16d
A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From
According to the Kenya Space Agency, the object weighed 1,100 pounds and had a diameter of more than 8 feet when measured after it landed on December 30. A couple of days later, the space agency ...
Ars Technica17d
A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is
According to the Kenya Space Agency, the object weighed 1,100 pounds (500 kg) and had a diameter of more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) when measured after it landed on December 30. A couple of days ...
Dawn19d
Space debris falling from the sky: more often, more risk
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has opened an investigation and is examining the possibility that it might have been the separation ring from a rocket. Other theories have already surfaced however ...
Yahoo19d
Debris falling from the sky: more often, more risk
It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet.
Phys.org20d
Debris falling from the sky: More often, more risk
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has opened an investigation and is examining the possibility that it might have been the separation ring from a rocket. Other theories have already surfaced however ...
Daily Express21d
Giant 1,100-pound space debris crashes down just outside small village in Africa
Members of the Kenya Space Agency traveled to the site of the crash to investigate the object which they confirmed was a piece of space junk. In a statement they said: "Preliminary assessments ...
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How should we deal with space debris?
The Kenya Space Agency says the metallic ring is about 8 feet in diameter, and they believe it's a separation ring from a rocket launch. Objects like this are usually designed to disintegrate upon ...