Overview

• Residents recorded a bright object between 1:20 and 1:30 am IST on September 20, visible across Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Dwarka and Aligarh.
• Multiple videos showed a relatively slow, extended luminous path that fragmented into several glowing pieces before fading.
• The timing matches The Aerospace Corporation’s forecast window for the reentry of the CZ-3B rocket body (NORAD 61188) from China’s Long March 3B.
• Nehru Planetarium in Delhi described the event as satellite disintegration, though ISRO and China’s space agency have not issued an official identification.
• Authorities reported no debris recovered on the ground and no injuries or damage linked to the sighting.