Mysterious object found on Australian beach identified as debris from an Indian rocket

Mysterious object found on Australian beach identified as debris from an Indian rocket

In mid-July, a mysterious and huge object was noticed on a beach near Perth, Australia. Initial theories suggested that the object was “space junk”. Now, officials have identified the mysterious object as nothing but debris from an Indian rocket.

The mysterious object was discovered on a beach near Jurien Bay in Western Australia a day after the Chandrayaan-3 launched, sparking up speculation about it being a spent stage of the Launch Vehicle Mark-III.

The Australian Space Agency has revealed the object was “most likely” to be “debris from an expended third-stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle”.

This kind of medium-lift launch vehicle, the PSLV, is operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The third stage of the vehicle is catapulted at an altitude of 264 miles.

Sky News reports the Australian Space Agency as saying that officials from India and Australia are working together to “provide further confirmation to determine next steps, including considering obligations under the United Nations space treaties”.

Garth Griffiths, a local, told ABC News that it was a local lady and her partner who discovered the object. It was “just floating on the edge of the water and dragged it out with their four-wheel drive,” he said, adding, “There were barnacles and marine life growing on it.”

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