BEIJING: China’s Tiangong-1 spacecraft will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at some point on Monday, China’s space agency said in a statement. China’s Manned Space Agency did not specify a time when it expects the craft to re-enter the atmosphere, the statement on Sunday said. Beijing said on Friday it is unlikely for any large part of the craft to reach the ground. South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Sunday it expects the Tiangong-1 to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime between 7:26 a.m. and 3:26 p.m. on Monday (2226 GMT to 0626 GMT), according to the Yonhap news agency. China had said its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere would happen in late 2017 but that process was delayed, leading some experts to suggest the space laboratory is out of control.

Source: The Star April 01, 2018 03:11 UTC