Japanese satellite filled with 'shooting star' pellets won't spawn artificial meteor shower after all

We'll have to wait another few years to see a Japanese company's first big artificial-meteor sky show. Tokyo-based ALE (Astro Live Experiences) had planned to generate "shooting stars" this year with its ALE-2 satellite, which launched to Earth orbit in December 2019 atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster. More

(Source: Space.com - May 16)