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Home / News / Science News / Chinese space-lab falls back to Earth, breaks-up over Pacific Ocean
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    Chinese space-lab falls back to Earth, breaks-up over Pacific Ocean

    Bhavika Bhuwalka
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    Last updated on Apr 02, 2018, 10:51 am
    Chinese space-lab falls back to Earth, breaks-up over Pacific Ocean
  • China's now-defunct space station Tiangong-1 has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere above the South Pacific, according to reports.

    Chinese officials pegged the time of re-entry at 00:15 GMT on Monday. The date of Tianong-1's re-entry has coincided with earlier estimations.

    Since the space lab crashed to Earth during the daytime, it's unlikely for anyone to have captured any amateur images of the vessel's re-entry.

  • In this article
    The space station disintegrates upon re-entering the Earth China's first space station Tiangong-1 was launched in 2011 China wrongly predicted the re-entry to be off Brazil The space station weighed 8.5 tonne China has already launched Tiangong-2
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    The space station disintegrates upon re-entering the Earth

    The space station disintegrates upon re-entering the Earth
  • According to the China Manned Space Agency, "Most parts were burned up in the re-entry process." It is still not clear how much debris was intact when it reached the Earth's surface.

    Providing more exact information regarding the vague "above the South Pacific" re-entry, astronomer Jonathan McDowell from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said Tinagong-1 appeared to have come down north-west of Tahiti.

  • Context

    China's first space station Tiangong-1 was launched in 2011

    China's first space station Tiangong-1 was launched in 2011
  • Earlier in 2016, China had admitted that it had lost control of the space station, which then proceeded to hurtle towards the Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry.

    Tiangong-1, which literally means 'heavenly palace,' was launched in 2011.

    Used for both manned and unmanned missions, it was visited by China's first female astronaut Liu Yang in 2012.

  • Estimations

    China wrongly predicted the re-entry to be off Brazil

    China wrongly predicted the re-entry to be off Brazil
  • Earlier, the Chinese space agency had wrongly predicted that the space station would be off Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    On the other hand, the European Space Agency (ESA) had said that Tiangong-1 would break up over water.

    "The probability of being injured by one of Tiangong-1's fragments is similar to the probability of being hit by lightning twice in the same year," ESA had said.

  • Twitter Post

    The space station weighed 8.5 tonne

  • By my calculations, Tiangong-1 will be the 50th most massive uncontrolled reentry from Earth orbit in history.

    — Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) March 25, 2018
  • Information

    China has already launched Tiangong-2

  • Since losing control of Tiangong-1, China has launched Tiangong-2, a space station which is currently operational. It was re-fuelled last year and is expected to be a permanent space station with a large core module and two smaller ancillary modules by early next decade.

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