Starlink reentry (Jan. 23) // Bola de fuego generada por reentrada de satélite Starlink (23 enero)

This stunning fireball was spotted from Spain. It was generated as a consequence of the reentry in the atmosphere of a Starlink satellite on Jan. 23, at about 23:00 local time (equivalent to 22:00 universal time). The satellite had a mass of 260 kg and it was launched by SpaceX on 2021 Jan. 24. A wide number of causal eyewitnesses could see the phenomenon. The reentry took place at about 27,000 km/h. This gave rise to a fireball which began at a height of around 100 km over the north of Morocco and moved northwest, crossing the whole Iberian Peninsula. It ended over the Cantabrian Sea. This phenomenon was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, Sevilla, La Sagra (Granada), Huelva, El Aljarafe, and La Hita (Toledo). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IA