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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris creates dramatic fireball over Europe, crashes in Poland

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A SpaceX rocket stage fell to Earth early Wednesday (Feb. 19), blazing a trail of fire through European skies.

The flaming debris was part of the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched 22 of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Feb. 1 .

A second object that closely resembles the first found in the forest near Wiry Village , about 19 miles ( 30 kilometers ) from the first debris-landing site.