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Tokyo start-up is in the final stages of developing two micro-satellites that will release tiny balls that shine brightly when they enter the atmosphere, simulating a meteor shower
THIS IS REAL. The photo of the file shows the Milky Way and the meteors of the April Lyrids annual meteor shower are observed in the night sky of Burg auf Fehmarn on the island of Fehmarn, in the north of L & # 39; Germany, April 20, 2018. Photo by
Daniel Reinhardt / dpa / AFP
TOKYO, Japan – A Japanese start-up developing "shooting stars on demand" is said to be ready to deliver the first artificial meteorite rain in the world during a spectacular show on Hiroshima at the beginning of 2020. [19659006] ALE, based in Tokyo, is developing two microsatellites that will release tiny balls that shine brightly when they enter the atmosphere, simulating a meteor shower.
The first satellite will take a turn in space a rocket launched by the Japanese space agency in March 2019.
The second will be launched in the middle of the year 2019 on a rocket private sector.
"We are targeting the entire world because our stock of shooting stars will be Lena Okajima told reporters Wednesday
that each satellite will carry 400 tiny balls whose chemical formula is a well-kept secret
satellite, bullets go glo w as they dive into the atmosphere.
The 400 bullets will be sufficient for 20-30 events, according to the company, and the satellites will remain in space for about two years
exploring the possibility of using satellites already in the space that are no longer operational to create "giant" shooting stars, according to the authorities.
"We plan to push a satellite used in the atmosphere in a targeted orbit to create a giant artificial shot The chief engineer of the ALE, Ko Kamachi, adds that the idea was still in the research phase fundamental.
The two ALE satellites will start orbiting the Earth by February 2020, preparing the first artificial star delivery in the spring of 2020, on the city of Hiroshima, in the 39th. Western Japan
The satellites can be used separately or in tandem, and will be programmed to eject the bullets at the right place, speed and direction to allow viewers to see them on the ground. [19659006] Ti The fact of drowning with the ingredients in the balls should mean that it is possible to change the colors that they shine, offering the possibility of a multicolored flotilla of shooting stars .
Each star should shine for several seconds before being completely burned – long before they fall low enough to represent a danger to anything on Earth.
They shone bright enough to be seen even above the polluted metropolis of Tokyo.
Hopefully and the sky is clear According to ALE, the 2020 event could be visible to millions of people
Okajima said that the company had chosen Hiroshima for its first exhibition in because of its weather, landscape and cultural assets.
ALE works in collaboration with scientists and scientists. Japanese university engineers as well as local government representatives and corporate sponsors.
He did not disclose the price of an artificial meteor, but it may not be so cheap, the company spending about $ 20 million. or the development, production, launch and operation of both satellites. – Rappler.com
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