China's experimental space lab Tiangong-2 will re-enter the earth's atmosphere to fall into the Pacific Ocean today. Read more.
Most of the spacecraft will be burnt up in the atmosphere, and a small amount of debris is expected to fall in the safe sea area in the South Pacific, CMSEO, which manages China's human spaceflight endeavours, said.
Launched in 2011, Tiangong 1 was China’s first space station, serving as an experimental platform for bigger projects, such as the Tiangong 2 launched in September 2016 and a future permanent Chinese space station.
Tiangong-1 has re-entered the atmosphere, and the re-entrance zone is located in the central area of the South Pacific. Most devices are ablated and destroyed during re-entry.
According to the agency, the chances of someone being hit by a piece of the space lab is 10 million times less than the annual probability of being hit by lightning.
The Tiangong-1 will disintegrate during its re-entry and only a few parts of it will survive the process and reach Earth's surface.
Its wreckage will fall in a designated area in the Pacific Ocean.
China's space station Tiangong-1 may explode early next year and countries including Spain, Italy, Japan are at risk.
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