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unclenelli
1st Apr 2018, 18:10
Don't Worry if you're in the UK!

"TIANGONG 1" (as it should be named on this website https://in-the-sky.org/satmap_worldmap.php (without quotes) currently shows it over the North Pacific, heading East, turning SE, descending steeply through 155km!

Looks likely to make landfall in South America, before turning E, then NE over South Africa, Africa.

I'm no expert, but it's descent rate looks like it will make NE South America drop, if in one piece!
China estimate it will burn up, but..................
OmegaV6
1st Apr 2018, 18:18
More info (and IMHO easier to follow) here .. you need to scroll down a tad to see the map though .. :)

TIANGONG-1 Reenter - Decay Predictions + ONLINE 3D REAL TIME TRACKING (http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=37820#TOP)
unclenelli
1st Apr 2018, 19:11
Sorry everyone!

This website is crap!
It now shows TIANGONG 1 now leaving SOUTH Pacific having just made Landfall Chile, then Argentina, Brazil, descending through 153km, heading NE towards Southern Europe

(NOT WHAT IT SHOWED AN HOUR AGO!!!!)

I hope Omega's site is better!!!
unclenelli
1st Apr 2018, 19:30
No, I was wrong Again!
My site shows MDT time, so it is still North Pacific, skirting Western seaboard, hitting South America, South Africa, India, as does Omega's site.
jack11111
2nd Apr 2018, 01:48
It's toast.

According to US-StratCom, Tiangong-1 has re-entered at 00:16 UTC, Apr 02.
unclenelli
2nd Apr 2018, 02:47
North west of Tahiti:
Tiangong-1: Defunct China space lab comes down over South Pacific - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43614408)
scifi
2nd Apr 2018, 14:01
Not the Tiangong, but video of a satellite re-entry...


https://youtu.be/OhBw5yaR_SU


FIN.