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The Tiangong-1 Chinese space station is one of the most important projects for the Chinese government.
The station was originally scheduled to be released in 2010, but due to technical problems delayed up its launch in 2011.
The initial mission of Tiangong-1 was to stay in orbit for two years and then be programmed to re-entry into the atmosphere, thus calculating when and where would fall. Ended up in orbit 1630 days, ie more than double than initially planned.
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Currently inactive and a serious technical problem does not allow China to control, scheduling the re-entry and subsequent disintegration in the atmosphere, being completely out of control is not known exactly when will fall, or where it will fall, is thought to fall approximately in the second half of the year 2017.
The problem is serious, if we think that Tiangong-1 has an approximate weight of 8 tons and its disintegration will not be complete as the densest parts of the station such as the core of its engines, resist the re-entry weighing approximately 200 kg . Imagine an object with 200kg to fall wildly in a densely urbanized area ... It will be a disaster!
Stay tuned...
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