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October 16th, 2025
Image credit: Rohan Goes/Inside Outer Space screengrab
It appears that China’s Xinjishu Yanzheng 7 (XJY-7) spacecraft made a stunning sky show as it reentered October 16 over Tenerife, Canary Islands at around 3 a.m. local time.
The nearly 3-ton (2,700 kilograms) satellite was lofted in late December 2020 as New Technology Experiment No. 7 (XJY ) developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST). Some reports say it evaluated radar-scanning gear.
XJY-7 was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China by a Long March 8 Yao-1 carrier rocket.
Artwork depicting XJY-7 in orbit/.
Image credit: CCTV
“Resulting sky track matches well with what all-sky cameras recorded,” reports Marco Langbroek, a specialist in space situational awareness in the Netherlands. “Spanish research partners report to me there are detections by seismic stations as well,” he said.
One resident in Arona in the southern part of the island of Tenerife reported very loud explosions.
Meanwhile, Rohan Goes, posted a video on X that captured the sky fall.
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https://x.com/i/status/1978652462132191607
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