Top: Rocket Lab’s “The Humanity Star,” now in Earth orbit, is expected to become the brightest object in the night sky. …

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Top: Rocket Lab’s “The Humanity Star,” now in Earth orbit, is expected to become the brightest object in the night sky.

Bottom: Starshine-2 is seen being deployed into orbit by the space shuttle Endeavour during the STS-108 mission in December 2001. 

via: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-012418a-rocket-lab-humanity-star-satellite.html