EPIC!! Check out this incredible vision captured by Mel Aldridge not long ago at Cashmore near Portland! We're getting plenty of reports. @abcmelbourne pic.twitter.com/1KuldCy6OJ— Vic Storm Chasers (@VicStormChasers) May 22, 2020
Space.com: Russian military satellite launch spawns space-junk fireball over Australia (video)
The satellite is apparently part of Russia's missile-warning network.
Russia launched a military satellite to orbit on Friday (May 22), and the mission generated plenty of action in the downward direction as well.
A four-stage Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia early Friday morning, carrying a classified payload that's believed to be the fourth satellite for the country's EKS OiBU missile-warning network, according to RussianSpaceWeb.com.
The Soyuz successfully delivered the satellite to its intended orbit, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Friday afternoon.
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Update #1: Russian Satellite, Comet or 'UFO'? Videos of 'Epic' Fireball Seen in Australia's Sky Puzzle Netizens (Sputnik)
Update #2: Space debris of Russian rocket lights up Australian skies (ZEE News)
WNU Editor: The debris came from this Russian rocket launch .... Russia Launch EKS Early Warning Satellite Aboard Soyuz 2.1b (Rocket Rundown).
