The rocket stage helped heft the Echostar 23 satellite to orbit in 2017.
"Tonight a 'meteorite' has been seen falling over northern Mexico," Spanish-language feed Frontera Espacialis a space rock that has made it all the way through the atmosphere and landed on the ground, although in this case the rocket stage completely disintegrated high above Earth, according to Frontera, so it wasn't really a meteorite. And as you can see below, this Twitter feed was just one of several that spotted the disintegrating rocket.
Various parts break off the bright main mass, and separate from differential drag in the upper atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/B53sHz1axM🔥 FALCON 9 DE SPACEX CAE SOBRE MÉXICO 🇲🇽Esta noche se ha visto un"#Meteorito" cayendo sobre el norte de México.🚀 En realidad era la segunda etapa de un Falcon 9 de SpaceX lanzado en marzo del 2017 con la misión EchoStar23.Se ha desintegrado en la atmósfera completamente. pic.twitter.
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