On February 19, a bright fireball in the European sky made an uncontrolled revent in the form of a spacex Falcon 9 rocket debris. Reports from the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland confirmed the object philosophy as it burned into the atmosphere before the pieces crashed on the ground. Social media users in Lincolnshire, England and Berlin, Germany captured images and videos of the event, showing a blazing mark in the night sky. In Poland, for an investigation by local authorities and space agencies, a large metal object was discovered outside the city of Pozno.
Rocket debris identified
According For the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), the object was part of the upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Wandenberg Space Force Base in California on 1 February 2025. The agency confirmed that the debris, weighing about four tons, originated. Starlink Group 11-4 Mission. The upper phase, designed for desibit after completing its mission, failed to execute the maneuver by plan. Astrophizist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Stated The Via X reventry occurred over the Irish Sea at 03:43 UTC, reaching Poland and Ukraine with debris within minutes.
Officials respond to the incident
As Per Space.com, the Poseno police reported the workers to receive a call from the workers in a Comorganic company around 9:20 am, which discovered an unknown cylindrical object in his premises. No injury or property damage occurred. Another similar object was later found in a forest near Viri village, about 30 km from early discovery. Agnieszka Gapys, Press Officer for Polsa, Stated Examinations were going on to confirm the origin of the debris. A third object was reportedly seen, but the official confirmation is still pending. Till Wednesday afternoon, SpaceX did not release a statement on the incident.
