Footage of the launch of the first gaofen 11 in 2018 indicated the satellite was a large aperture telescope for earth observation.
Chinese satellite falling to earth.
China abandoned a space station in 2016 and it s been falling to earth since.
China s own space program raised major concerns after it used a missile to destroy an out of service.
Scientists will analyze the data and how well it performed.
A chinese rocket that became one of the largest pieces of space debris plummeted toward earth and landed in the atlantic ocean on may 11.
Watching the stars tonight we could hit with space junk any moment.
Amateur footage posted on chinese social media site weibo.
Normally a decommissioned satellite or space station would be.
The spacecraft is expected to crash uncontrolled sometime overnight on april 1 or 2.
Debris from the 6 ton satellite ended up falling into the pacific ocean causing no damage.
Chip reid takes a look.
Most of the craft will burn up in the atmosphere but a.
The rocket s empty core stage weighing nearly 18 tons is.
Imagine a chinese space station hurtling toward earth.
Reentry window from now into the middle of next week.
In a press conference last week china announced that the space station would be falling back to earth at some point in late 2017.
Experts say it s extremely unlikely that large pieces of the school bus sized tiangong 1 will survive.