2020 Tokyo Olympics To Witness Exceptional Man-made Meteor Shower With Advanced Pyrotechnics, But With A Twist
Even though there is still four years of the Olympics event in Japan, the reports suggest that the country is already gearing up for the sports extravaganza. It is reported that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will witness a never seen before man-made meteor shower. The occasion called as the Sky Canvas light show is reported to be organized by a Japanese, startup company, Star-ALE. The company has planned the event in such a way that it will be visible even to the viewers, who are 120 miles away from the main location.
Nature World News reported that the startup company is expected to make the meteor shower event happen at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the help of advanced pyrotechnics, but with a twist. It is reported that Star-ALE Company is planning to launch a string of microsatellites instilled with pyrotechnics next year itself.
Further, there are reports that the microsatellites will carry with themselves around 500 to 1000 source particles, also known as, advanced pellets. It is reported that these advanced pellets will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics sports event and will then produce man-made meteor shower. Geek reported that these source particles will ignite and glow and thus create a shooting star effect.
The Star-ALE company claimed on their website that the special particles will first spread about one-thirds of the way around the Earth and then re-enter the atmosphere. It is also reported that the particles will then initiate plasma emission and turn themselves into a shooting star.
In addition, there are reports that the man-made meteor shower during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics event will entertain around 30 million viewers. The Star ALE CEO, Lena Okajima, said that the company's main aim is to make the sky look like a projector screen, which will be able to successfully perform the space display act.
Design & Trend reported that each man-made advanced pellets price is around $8,100 or a million in Japanese Yen, not including the microsatellite's operating costs for launch and development.
With all the talks about the man-made meteor shower, few reports have also highlighted the possible reasons for the failure of the shower event. One of the reasons stated is that the advanced pellet's burning brightness may rise above Tokyo's light pollution at a certain point because of the cloudy night sky. Quartz reported that in such case, the space display would be called off at least three hours prior to the launch, as stated by the company officials.