Investigators discover ANOTHER piece of SpaceX rocket in Poland after Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket broke up on ‘uncontrolled re-entry’ into ambiance
Another piece of SpaceX rocket debris has reportedly been found in a Polish woodlands area, just days after the rocket’s tank landed in a local garden.
Police and fire services were called out to the Western province of Wielkopolskie after reports of an unidentified object in a forest area.
After an investigation and subsequent removal of the object, a spokesperson for the local fire service said it was likely to be the debris from one of Elon Musk‘s rockets.
It is suspected to be the fourth piece of debris found in the area in recent days.
The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California earlier this month, with the aim of putting Starlink satellites into a low-level orbit.
Nearly three weeks after the launch, chunks of the rocket began falling back into Earth’s atmosphere – almost directly in the centre of Poland.
The first report of the debris being discovered was when a 5 by 3 ft chunk of an unidentified object was found on Wednesday morning in the grounds of a warehouse on the outskirts of the western city of Poznan, police said.
Police and fire services were called out to the Western province of Wielkopolskie after reports of an unidentified object in a forest area
The object was soon investigated and removed by the local forces, before a spokesperson for the fire service said it was likely to be debris from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket
Elon Musk, who heads up President Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficency (DOGE) is the founder of SpaceX
The force later said a second similarly-sized object had been located several hours afterwards in a forest a few kilometres from where the first was discovered.
We previously reported how warehouse owner Adam Borucki was left dumfounded after finding the debris from Musk’s rocket in his back garden in the West Central village of Sedziny.
Borucki woke up and found what appeared to be a burst tank lying by his fence, which police quickly determined to be debris from the Falcon 9.
No one has been harmed of yet due to the debris, which according to locals, left spectacular luminous trails visible across the western Polish sky.
Upon discovering the object in the garden, police spokesperson Anna Klój said: ‘The owner reported a large object about 1.5 by 1 meters in size, which appeared overnight despite the premises being locked.’
Policespokesman Andrzej Borowiak added: ‘Considering the fact that the second stage of the Falcon rocket was expected to enter the atmosphere over Poland this morning, we notified the State Space Agency.
Local police have been busy clearing the debris from the rocket over the last few days, after it broke up on ‘uncontrolled re-entry’ into atmosphere
The object discovered today in the Western province of Wielkopolskie is set to be the fourth piece of debris discovered in a matter of days
Warehouse owner Adam Borucki was left dumfounded after finding the debris (pictured) from Musk’s rocket in his back garden
‘We are investigating how the object ended up in this location, but the important thing is that no one was harmed.’
The Polish Space Agency’s Space Security Department has since confirmed on its website that ‘an uncontrolled re-entry of the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage occurred between 04:46 and 04:48 on February 19, 2025, over Poland.’
It added that the object was ‘identified as NORAD/COSPAR ID 62878/2025-022Y.’
Science journalist Karol Wójcicki also previously said: ‘This means the object was part of an uncontrolled deorbit, where it gradually lost speed and altitude until it re-entered the atmosphere on its own.
‘At around 4:49 AM, the second stage was scheduled to pass over Poland, and it likely burned up about four minutes earlier, which could have been visible to residents in western Poland.’
While previous Falcon 9 debris incidents have caused no injuries, SpaceX has since enhanced its deorbiting procedures.
This follows a 2021 incident in Washington state, where a nearly identical 1.5-meter-long cylindrical rocket part fell on a private farm.
