Astro Live Experiences ( ALE ) is launching a satellite intended to help create the first ever artificial meteor shower next door over Hiroshima , which will be visible over a 200 km radius . Japan time on Thursday (7:50 p.m. tonight EST), along with six others. The Japanese company has been working on it for seven years , and has used the Japan Space Exploration ' ’s Epsilon Rocket to help take it up to gather further required data . Ultimately , ALE ’s satellite will produce centimetre - sized pellets that will display a variety of bright colours as they heat up then disintegrate re - entering the atmosphere . ALE believes it will be visible even in light - pollution heavy areas .
Astro Live Experiences ( ALE ) is launching a satellite intended to help create the first ever artificial meteor shower next door over Hiroshima , which will be visible over a 200 km radius . The Japanese company has been working on it for seven years , and has used the Japan Space Exploration ' ’s Epsilon Rocket to help take it up to gather further required data . Ultimately , ALE ’s satellite will produce centimetre - sized pellets that will display a variety of bright colours as they heat up then disintegrate re - entering the atmosphere . ALE believes it will be visible even in light - pollution heavy areas .