Hundreds of stargazers reported fireballs over the southeastern U.S. earlier this week.
But this was no natural phenomenonjust another case of dead satellites littering Earths orbit.
ET on December 22, but dismissed the event as not a true fireball.
The American Meteor Society received more than 150 reports of fireballs in the night sky.Bethany T./The American Meteor Society
The two satellites were Chinas first high-resolution Earth imaging satellites, according toSpace.com.
Defunct satellites wandering around Earth orbit are at serious risk of collision with other spacecraft.
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