Chinese Rocket Disintegrates over the USA

Space Weather News for July 28, 2016 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom CHINESE ROCKET DISINTEGRATES OVER THE USA: The body of an experimental Long March 7 rocket (a type of rocket expected to play a key role in the construction of a future Chinese space station) disintegrated in the atmosphere above the western USA last night.  The glowing trail was spotted from Utah, Nevada, and much of California.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos, video and more information. THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER IS BEGINNING: Earth is entering the outskirts of a broad stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Forecasters don't expect the shower to peak until Aug.11-13, but already NASA cameras are detecting Perseid fireballs streaking across the night sky as the shower slowly intensifies. Visit http://spaceweather.com to see the first Perseid of 2016. Today's Space Weather alert is sponsored by Lights over Lapland. Book your Arctic Christmas vacation now! Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2016 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved. You are subscribed to the Space Weather mailing list, a free service of Spaceweather.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list