Chinese Satellite Falling To Earth
Normally a decommissioned satellite or space station would be.
Chinese satellite falling to earth. Scientists will analyze the data and how well it performed. Most of the craft will burn up in the atmosphere but a. China s own space program raised major concerns after it used a missile to destroy an out of service. An out of control chinese space station is expected to plunge to earth in about a week.
An artist s illustration of china s tiangong 1 space station falling to earth as it burns up in the atmosphere. Reentry window from now into the middle of next 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. Footage of the launch of the first gaofen 11 in 2018 indicated the satellite was a large aperture telescope for earth observation.
Amateur footage posted on chinese social media site weibo. 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. China abandoned a space station in 2016 and it s been falling to earth since. Watching the stars tonight we could hit with space junk any moment.
Imagine a chinese space station hurtling toward earth. The spacecraft is expected to crash uncontrolled sometime overnight on april 1 or 2. Chip reid takes a look. Debris from the 6 ton satellite ended up falling into the pacific ocean causing no damage.