US Military Spacecraft Explodes

Meteor?

"A [non-critical] US military satellite exploded after detecting an unexplained “sudden spike in temperature”, sending dozens of chunks of debris tumbling into different orbits around Earth. … While operators were deciding how to “render the vehicle safe” they detected a debris cloud which indicated that the satellite had been destroyed. …caused at least 43 pieces of debris to scatter into orbit…"

[Sudden spike in temperature? Hmmmm.]