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Debris probably from a space communications program collapsed in a California nut farm, investigators working on the idea that they came from a recently fallen satellite in ruins launched in the 1990s.
At the time of the charred metal fragments discovered by an orchard owner in Hanford, the investigators from the Kings County Police Department rushed to the scene were perplexed. They then turned to a nearby air base. According to local reports, the piece of metal – looking like a burned helmet – was confirmed as a fuel tank by the authorities at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The installation welcomed the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. READ MORE: "The extraterrestrials are real": the launch of SpaceX on the west coast fears the Californians (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) However, the debris do not come from the space company Elon Musk. In fact, the fuel tank goes back to an Iridium satellite sent into space in 1998, reported Kron 4. A spokesman for the communications company said the remains appeared to come from Iridium 70, a decommissioned satellite whose the pieces could still compose some of the millions of artificial garbage discoveries swirling around our planet in space. Debris should be sent to Iridium's head office for badysis. READ MORE: Interstellar Storage: The ISS deploys a craft with a giant harpoon to collect space. is currently undergoing an overhaul of its space network and has successfully orbited seven of the eight NEXT satellite constellations via SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Low Earth orbit satellites are used for broadband and real-time monitoring, and the latest Iridium Next satellite is scheduled to be launched in December. RT.com has contacted Iridium and the Kings County Sheriff Department for further comments. Do you like this story? Share it with a friend!
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