Tiangong-1 Deorbit and Reentry

Back in 2011 China launched Tiangong-1 the country’s first prototype space station. Over its time the station was visited by manned missions twice, including by China’s first female astronauts. Fast forward to 2016 and the stations mission was over and China’s Space Engineering Office stated that they had lost communication with Tiangong-1. Now the stations orbit has been degrading for a while and we here on Earth could see it come down as soon as Sunday.
More info from Aerospace.org

I thought these radar images were very cool!

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=37820

Here’s a live tracking link.

They say it will fall somewhere between 42.7° North and 42.7° South latitudes, so post up if it lands in your backyard (I know we got some people in that range lol)

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