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\nMounted at the highest point of ESA\u2019s ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, this fisheye camera keeps a constant watch on the sky, looking out for bright fireballs.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis is one of a network of specially-designed cameras stretching across Europe, called the Fireball Recovery and Planetary Inter Observation Network, FRIPON<\/a>. In just over a year of operations ESTEC\u2019s FRIPON camera has spotted six fireballs \u2013 very bright meteors burning up in the atmosphere.\n<\/p>\n \nFind out more about the FRIPON network in this video<\/a> produced for Asteroid Day<\/a> 2018.\n<\/p>\n \nRegister to visit ESTEC during our annual ESA Open Day on Sunday 7 October<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nMounted at the highest point of ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, this fisheye camera keeps a constant watch on the sky, looking out for bright fireballs.\n<\/p>\n \nThis is one of a network of specially-designed cameras stretching across Europe, called the Fireball Recovery and Planetary Inter Observation Network, FRIPON<\/a>. In just over a year of operations ESTEC’s FRIPON camera has spotted six fireballs – very bright meteors burning up in the atmosphere.\n<\/p>\n \nFind out more about the FRIPON network in this video<\/a> produced for Asteroid Day<\/a> 2018.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n