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Part of the excitement of  seeing a meteor is the dumb luck involved in being in the right place at the right time. 

Outside of known meteor showers, these celestial wonders don’t exactly appear when you expect them to. But a Japanese company is hoping to change that, taking luck out of the equation and making meteors appear right on time, exactly where expected. 

The company, called ALE, is raising funds to launch a small satellite filled with pellets that would orbit at about 250 to 300 miles above Earth. The satellite would release pellets on cue, which — like natural meteoroids — would burn up as they fall. 

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Lena Okajima of space startup ALE shows the pellets she says can be used to create artificial meteor showers. Lena Okajima of space startup ALE shows the pellets she says can be used to create artificial meteor showers.  | YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images

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