The project, named Sky Canvas, aims to study the path and light emission of shooting stars to help scientists develop better weather models.
ALE had originally scheduled the launch for 2020, but it was forced to cancel the firework show after detecting a malfunction in one of the satellites.
The company has now announced the meteor shower will take place in 2025, when “ALE hopes to give Brits and others all over the world the opportunity to view the world’s first live human-made meteor shower”.
Artificial meteor shower over Shangai/ Astro Live Experiences
Image credit: Astro Live Experiences
Meteor showers occur when dust from space objects – such as asteroids and comets – enter the Earth’s atmosphere and heat up due to friction from the air. The heat causes gases around...