1/26/2025

SPACE DEBRIS SPARK : KENYA PRECIS


PARIS : 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.

What we know : A metallic ring of roughly 2.5 metres [ 8 feet ] in diametre and weighing some 500 kilogrammes [ 1,300 pounds ], crashed into Mukuku village, in Makueni county, in the south of the country on Dec 30.

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,  and a KSA spokesman said they have not ruled out anything.  [AFP]


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