Tiangong-1: China space lab's return approaches

[mike_field]

The estimated window of re-entry for the defunct Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 has narrowed sharply. The timeframe for the fall to Earth is centred on 01:07 Monday GMT (02:07 BST), plus or minus two hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43557446

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Check your gardens folks! lol

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

It came down "over the South Pacific" apparently, having largely broken up on re-entry,

What do we know about where it came down?

The rather vague "above the South Pacific" is the line from space officials.

US specialists at the Joint Force Space Component Command said they had used orbit analysis technology to confirm Tiangong-1's re-entry.

Astronomer Jonathan McDowell, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, tweeted that it appeared to have come down north-west of Tahiti.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43614408

 

[HeathfieldRoad1874]

When do the Conspiracy Theories about it start?

Was it part of the Chinese Star Wars program, and shot down by the US?

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

When do the Conspiracy Theories about it start?

Was it part of the Chinese Star Wars program, and shot down by the US?

I'm sure Tubbz and his ever-accurate sources will clear it up for you at some stage.

 

[col8]

I was hoping it was going to land in my back garden, I need a new shed.