Falls to Earth Tiangong-1, the first Chinese space station

After weeks of turning towards the Earth, finally, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has disintegrated in the atmosphere, and its remains have fallen in the South Pacific, at 8:15 (Chinese time) on Monday morning (2 : 15 Spanish hours). Before disintegrating, the abandoned space laboratory has reached a speed of 26,000 kilometers per hour.

A re-entry into the Earth that has occurred somewhat earlier than expected and "out of control", although it has met the scientists' estimates, representing a minimum risk for the human being, as expected. Analysis of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center showed that, for the most part, the object has been calcined in the atmosphere. According to the European Space Agency, the debris from the space laboratory should land anywhere between the latitudes of 43 degrees north and 43 degrees south, from the Midwest of the United States to New Zealand. Finally, the remains have been detected several thousand kilometers kilometers northeast of New Zealand. In addition, reentry to our planet has occurred, as expected, without the least risk to the human being, given that the module has almost completely disintegrated: it was very unlikely that it would survive. Previous forecasts estimated that only one in ten spacecraft the size of Tiangong-1, which weighed 8.5 tons and was the size of a bus, would resist a re-entry to Earth. Launched in 2011, Tiangong-1, also called the Heavenly Palace, was the first space station in China, serving as an experimental platform for larger projects, such as the Tiangong-2, launched in September 2016.