The Controversial ‘Humanity Star’ Is Coming Back to Earth Early

Humanity will come crashing down earlier than expected. The Humanity Star, a satellite launched into space in January, will reenter Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrate sometime this week, according to websites that track the movement of objects in orbit around the planet. The satellite was always going to come back down. But it was supposed to remain in orbit for nine months, according to Rocket Lab, the U.S. spaceflight company, based in New Zealand, that built the satellite. More

(Source: The Atlantic - Mar 21)