CHINESE SPACE STATION CRASH - What You Need to Know

China's first ever space station, Tiangong-1, is poised to crash down to Earth within the coming weeks. This video will present you with some information to know.
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Hello everyone. CartoonAddict here.

Recently, you may have heard about a Chinese space station that's is going to fall down to Earth. The Tiangong-1 Station is China's first ever space station, so to see it crash down will certainly be a historical moment.

Tiangong-1 was launched in 2011 and in 2016, it was announced that the Chinese lost control of the space station. No-one knows when it will crash down, so scientists have been trying to estimate a range of dates.

Earlier this month, the station was estimated to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in a 27-day window from March 24th to April 19th. A more recent prediction by the European Space Agency (ESA) gives an 8-day window for Tiangong-1 to crash down: March 30th to April 6th.

On March 20th, Satellite-tracker Dr. Marco Langbroek tweeted an estimated range from March 28th to April 3rd.
**In the video, I accidentally say March 27th. I meant to say March 28th.

You may be wondering if you should be worried. The ESA states that the probability of being hit by a piece of the space station is 10 million times smaller than the yearly chance of being hit by lightning. The ESA goes on further to explain that no there are no deaths caused by falling space debris to ever be confirmed. This map shows the probability of Tiangong-1 re-entering Earth in every area.

While you probably won't get hit by any falling debris, Tiangong-1's re-entry into the Earth will certainly be historic.
Sources
https://www.space.com/40076-chinese-space-station-crash-to-earth-guide.html
http://fortune.com/2018/03/21/china-space-station-fall-back-earth/
http://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2018/01/16/tiangong-1-frequently-asked-questions-2/
https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2018/03/daily-chart-11

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