Tue, Oct 29, 2019
Michigan Residents Find The Device Saturday Morning
A couple about to let their horses out to pasture in rural Michigan Saturday morning were surprised when they heard a crash shortly before nine. The cause of the noise was something that looked a lot like a satellite that had fallen to Earth.
As it turns out, the "satellite" was a device belonging to communications company Samsung, according to a report from the Detroit Free Press. The so-called "SpaceSelfie" balloon is intended to allow Samsung's customers to get their pictures into space.
The balloon was carrying a Galaxy S10 5G 65,000 feet above the earth to give consumers the chance to get their face in space, according to Samsung. All they had to do was take a selfie and upload it to a "Mission Control" website. The super-pressure High Altitude Balloon, about half the size of a basketball court was launched from South Dakota, and the company said the landing in Michigan was planned.
“Earlier today, Samsung Europe's SpaceSelfie balloon came back down to earth. During this planned descent of the balloon to land in the U.S., weather conditions resulted in an early soft landing in a selected rural area," according to a statement from Samsung. "We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.”
Apparently the only real inconvenience was a 30 minute road closure because the SpaceSelfie balloon became entangled in powerlines as it came back to Earth, according to the report.
(Image provided by Samsung)
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