Chinese Satellite Falling To Earth

Normally a decommissioned satellite or space station would be.

Chinese satellite falling to earth.

Imagine a chinese space station hurtling toward earth. Experts say it s extremely unlikely that large pieces of the school bus sized tiangong 1 will survive. Most of the craft will burn up in the atmosphere but a. Reentry window from now into the middle of next week.

Hong kong cnn china s second space lab will return to earth in a controlled demolition friday according to the country s space agency. Footage of the launch of the first gaofen 11 in 2018 indicated the satellite was a large aperture telescope for earth observation. Watching the stars tonight we could hit with space junk any moment. An out of control chinese space station is expected to plunge to earth in about a week.

In a press conference last week china announced that the space station would be falling back to earth at some point in late 2017. Debris from the 6 ton satellite ended up falling into the pacific ocean causing no damage. A chinese rocket that became one of the largest pieces of space debris plummeted toward earth and landed in the atlantic ocean on may 11. The spacecraft is expected to crash uncontrolled sometime overnight on april 1 or 2.

An artist s illustration of china s tiangong 1 space station falling to earth as it burns up in the atmosphere. Amateur footage posted on chinese social media site weibo. China s own space program raised major concerns after it used a missile to destroy an out of service. China abandoned a space station in 2016 and it s been falling to earth since.