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A green laser was observed piercing the night sky of Hawaii on January 28th as it gently followed a course toward the horizon. A telescope recorded the picture, which seemed to be a malfunction in the Matrix coding, and published it on social media. While the truth may still exist, it was not revealed by an extraterrestrial spacecraft examining the globe.
The strange lights came from a satellite in space that was passing over Hawaii at the time. Experts at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, which also owns the camera, said the green light probably came from a radar device on a flying satellite called ICESat-2. NASA owns the space technology, which is used to measure how thick the sea ice, ice sheets, and woods are on Earth.
However, the NAOJ amended its report on the lasers above Hawaii on February 6. Based on the trajectory, the organization concluded that it was unlikely to have been NASA after all. ICESat-2 ATLAS scientist Dr. Anthony J. Martino from NASA said that their instrument was not the root of the problem. Instead, China is said to be the origin of the green rays.
Doctor Alvaro Ivanoff, a NASA expert who works with ICESat-2 ATLAS, did a test that showed that the Chinese Daqi-1/AEMS satellite’s ACDL instrument could be the possible cause. Science Alert says that the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan later apologized for the mistake and said they were grateful to NASA for trying to figure out where the light in Hawaii came from.
Daqi-1
According to The Science Times, Daqi-1 is an atmospheric monitoring satellite developed in Shanghai by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. It was spotted over Hawaii because it was designed to monitor the atmosphere and operates in a sun-synchronous orbit by combining passive and active sensing.
Like NASA’s ICESat-2 ATLAS, Daqi-1 can measure fine particles like PM2.5 and gases like nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. China wants to make a number of these satellites to help environmental agencies and scientists study world climate change with remote sensing data.
Daqi-1 has an Aerosol and Carbon Dioxide Detection Lidar to help it with its goal to protect the environment. “laser imaging, detection, and ranging” is an acronym for “laser imaging, detection, and ranging.” It works in a way that is similar to sonar, but instead of sending out sound waves to map an area, it
It is believed that these lasers were observed over Hawaii at the end of January.
