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Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by teraflop on Saturday March 31, 2018 @11:55PM (#16726619)
The predictions have narrowed considerably since the tweet in this article was posted. This site has an up-to-date forecast: http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/tiangong-...

(You may need to click through to the full-resolution image and manually refresh to see the latest updates.)

Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by chiph on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:36PM (#16730588)
> Based on Tiangong-1’s inclination, however, we can confidently say that this object will reenter somewhere between 43° North and 43° South latitudes.

Whew! Glad they narrowed that down some!

Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by sduclos on Sunday April 01, 2018 @07:44AM (#16727792)
woaw this .png is updated in real-time http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png

From 11:05 to 11:25 UTC the perigee dropped ~10km (165 to 153)

Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by kurthr on Sunday April 01, 2018 @11:19AM (#16728701)
They are blocking repeated hotlinks to the .png based on referrer.
Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by B1FF_PSUVM on Sunday April 01, 2018 @06:20AM (#16727604)
That's a surprisingly complete page, with lots of other interesting information. Currently:

"""

Reentry Information

Tiangong-1 is currently predicted to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere around April 2nd, 2018 02:00 UTC ± 7 hours.

This prediction was performed by The Aerospace Corporation on 2018 March 31.

"""

Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by makeshifthoop on Sunday April 01, 2018 @12:43PM (#16729160)
In the image on the bottom left, theres a graph that shows how much time Tiangong spends in the sun and in the shadows. Why does it seem like Tiangong spends a lot more time in sun than in the shadow when its a non polar orbit?
Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by InclinedPlane on Sunday April 01, 2018 @04:29PM (#16730280)
Imagine an orbit that went around the Earth exactly parallel to the direction of the Sun, it could be in sunlight all the time. If you tilt such an orbit a little then part of it will fall into the shadow of the Earth, but perhaps only just a small part. There are other factors at play as well, such as the geometry of the Earth's shadow against an orbit and refraction of sunsets through the Earth's atmosphere.
Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend by 7952 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @03:13PM (#16729909)
Maybe it is connected to the tilt of the earth? It orbits the equator rather than the ecliptic plane of the sun.