---
title: "A Satellite That Fires Fake Shooting Stars Is Ready to Launch"
description: "Astro Live Experiences is just about ready to send its long-promised, artificial shooting star-launching satellite into orbit."
date: "2019-11-11"
modified: "2019-11-11"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/satellite-fake-shooting-stars-ready-launch"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "meteor"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# A Satellite That Fires Fake Shooting Stars Is Ready to Launch

![Astro Live Experiences is just about ready to send its long-promised, artificial shooting star-launching satellite into orbit.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/satellite-fake-shooting-stars-ready-launch.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Astro Live Experiences\</em\>*

## Night Light

Astro Live Experiences, the company that wants to illuminate the night sky with [artificial shooting stars](<https://futurism.com/launch-satellite-fake-shooting-stars>), is nearly ready for its cosmic debut.

The tiny satellite, ALE-2, will be launched into orbit on November 25, [according to *Space.com*](<https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-shooting-star-satellite.html>). After that, the company will run a few final tests before preparing for its first fake meteor shower in 2020. In other words, if all goes well, the night sky is about to be illuminated by awe-inspiring space garbage igniting in the upper atmosphere.

## Burning Garbage

The satellite will launch centimeter-long pellets that will incinerate upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere. From the ground, they're expected to look similar to slow-moving shooting stars and will take anywhere from three to ten seconds to burn away, *Space.com* reports.

"With this launch, we are a step closer to realiz\[ing\] the man-made shooting star," Astro Live Experiences CEO Lena Okajima said, per *Space.com*. "Please look forward to the world's first demonstration we are aiming \[for\] in 2020, which will be a major milestone for ALE."

**READ MORE:** [Japanese 'Shooting-Star' Satellite to Launch on Landmark Rocket Lab Flight This Month](<https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-shooting-star-satellite.html>) \[*Space.com*\]

**More on Astro Live Experiences:** *[A Startup Is About to Launch a Satellite Full of Fake Shooting Stars](<https://futurism.com/launch-satellite-fake-shooting-stars>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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