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Ptah

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1. Failure

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:24 PM

Jul 2016

The Tiangong-1 was launched September 2011 with an intended two year service span, after the last crew departed the module in June 2013 it was put into sleep mode and it is intended that it would remain in orbit for some time allowing China to collect data on the longevity of key components before being commanded to gradually re-enter the atmosphere in the coming months.[58] However 21 March 2016 the Manned Space Engineering Office announced that all telemetry had failed[3] leaving no ability to safely control its descent.

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China�s space station is out of control could crash to Earth [View all] lovuian Jul 2016 OP

Failure Ptah Jul 2016 #1

Yep lovuian Jul 2016 #2

No, if we are lucky, it will land on the Republican Convention... FSogol Jul 2016 #3

Now where did I put my Skylab insurance? Throckmorton Jul 2016 #7

Trump hates the Chinese. milestogo Jul 2016 #4

Seems like a space station would weigh more than 8 tons. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #5

Those things are made out of mylar and aluminum. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2016 #6

But unmanned satellites can weigh more than that. I would have guessed anything that was built to... Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #8

Well, 16,000 lbs is no wee payload. longship Jul 2016 #9

As far as space stations go it is pretty small. Smaller than a single module of the ISS. Statistical Jul 2016 #10

Crash and burn like all the other shit they make n/t doc03 Jul 2016 #11

That's disappointing DavidDvorkin Jul 2016 #12

Or they may still have some control muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #13