25.08.2025 - Bright object in the night sky over Zweibrücken

On August 25, 2025 between 10:34 pm and 10:45 pm, the all-sky camera of a member of our observatory captured a bright object moving across the night sky from the west across the zenith to the east.

The ISS and Starlink satellites were quickly ruled out, as was supporting space debris or a shooting star. After some research, the object was identified as a Chinese Long March 8 rocket ejecting fuel. Source