Sources reported that The Tiangong-1, also known as Heavenly Palace 1, is a space station launched by China in 2011 as part of the country’s ambitious space program. It lost contact with ground control in 2016 and crashed in the Pacific Ocean today and the 34.1-foot space station re-entered earth’s atmosphere and a “vast majority” of it burnt up in the process.
Meanwhile according to Chinese tabloid Global Times, the worldwide media hype surrounding the Tiangong-1 reflected overseas “envy” of China’s space industry. as per report “It’s normal for spacecraft to re-enter the atmosphere, yet Tiangong-1 received so much attention partly because some Western countries are trying to hype and sling mud at China’s fast-growing aerospace industry”.
Previously the space station was officially to be
decommissioned in 2013 but its operational life was repeatedly extended. It
reportedly stopped functioning in 2016 and wasn’t responding to commands from
ground control. Furthermore China, in a statement to the UN in 2017, said the
Tiangong-1 would re-enter earth’s atmosphere by March 2018.
