Tiangong 1

[Diddums 4,305]

I know, I know, you guys have wondered for years what it'd look like for a space station to come crashing back to earth, so have I, and thanks to the Chinese, your curiosity can be relieved. Today is the day that China's space station, Tiangong 1, comes crashing back to earth. It launched in September 2011 and stopped responding to commands in 2016. Over the last two years its orbit has decayed to the point of re-entry, which is happening today. More info here:

 

https://www.space.com/40164-chinese-space-station-crash-last-day.html

 

And a stream:

 

 

[GazzaGarratt 10,887]

Where's it going to land? Is it going to make a pretty big hole?

[NCA-Paendrag 2,664]

2 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said:

Where's it going to land? Is it going to make a pretty big hole?

Most likely to burn up on reentry

[GazzaGarratt 10,887]

I know, I know, you guys have wondered for years what it'd look like for a space station to come crashing back to earth, so have I, and thanks to the Chinese, your curiosity can be relieved. Today is the day that China's space station, Tiangong 1, comes crashing back to earth. It launched in September 2011 and stopped responding to commands in 2016. Over the last two years its orbit has decayed to the point of re-entry, which is happening today. More info here:
 
https://www.space.com/40164-chinese-space-station-crash-last-day.html
 
And a stream:
 
 

What happened to this in the end?

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