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Plane snaps rare footage of a spacecraft reentering Earth from space

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The European Space Agency sent a plane to capture footage of the first of four Cluster mission satellites reentering Earth 's atmosphere on Sept. 8 .

The reentry of the craft named " Salsa ," shown below as the bright dot above the sea surface, intentionally happened over the remote south Pacific Ocean .

It's an early endeavor to limit the amount of space junk amassing near our planet, and to control where it eventually comes down.

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86

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semi-formal

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English

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54

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short-lived

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