Giant ‘disco ball’ in space will light up sky in Pakistan in the evening

Earlier this year in January, a company launched three commercial satellites in space along with a giant ‘disco ball’ that it claimed will be the ‘brightest thing in the night sky’, which will be seen in Pakistan within less than two hours.

The US-based spaceflight startup, Rocket lab, launched the secret disco ball shaped satellite that it named it the Humanity Star. The part that attracted people was that the satellite was said to be visible all across the Earth at different times from naked eye.

In order to track the satellite, the company set up a website through which people can get real-time updates regarding the ball’s location and accurate timings of its visibility in the specific region. As per the tracker on Humanity Star's website, the disco ball is all set to light up Pakistan’s skies today, March 12, in the evening at 7:21:44 PM to be precise.

A giant disco ball has been sent to space to light up your nights

Travelling with a speed of 7.772 km/s, the Humanity Star’s angle of visibility will be 193.830° South. The star is predicted to last for five minutes and 30 seconds.

Equipped with 65 panels for reflecting sunlight, the ‘space disco ball’ is put up in the space for a definite time period. After nine months, it is expected to decay and fall back to Earth. Because the satellite will spin in the space and orbit the Earth, it will continuously bounce off sunlight, making itself so bright for people on Earth to be able see without any binoculars and telescopes.

Despite being criticized by astronomers, Rocket Lab explained that the goal it is to ‘create a shared experience for everyone on the planet’. CEO Peter Beck expressed, “Wait for when the Humanity Star is overhead and take your loved ones outside to look up and reflect. You may just feel a connection to the more than seven billion other people on this planet we share this ride with.”