The 1.4-tonne Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is believed to have burned up in the atmosphere over North Sumatra. (NASA Conceptual Image Lab pic)PETALING JAYA: Bright lights were sighted in Malaysian airspace over several areas on Wednesday night when a dead Nasa satellite telescope came to a fiery end burning up in earth's atmosphere as it fell out of orbit after 22 years.
The US space agency reported yesterday that the satellite burned up over Indonesia.
Malaysia's Space Authority Division confirmed today it had received preliminary information on reports of bright light sightings in Malaysian airspace on Wednesday night.
"So far, there are no official reports on the discovery of any suspected space object debris, such as rockets, on land or in Malaysian waters," the ministry of science technology and innovation said in a statement, Bernama reported.
