ISS, Tiangong, Satellites Over Puna

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

the Chinese space station (Tiangong-1)... will soon re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

Thanks for the reminder TomK. I checked regularly in early February when I had guests visiting, but there were no visible overhead passes at that time. We did see Tiangong-2 though.

Although we may only have a couple of chances to see the Tiangong-1 before it returns to earth, the good news is that because it seldom passes over Hawaii there's little chance it will reenter the atmosphere over our islands and scatter debris here.

Here's a good article (link below) with a map showing the areas with a slightly higher probability for reentry. In the US it's a thin band that stretches from Northern California/Oregon to New York/New Jersey. Best estimate right now as TomK noted is is April 3rd, +- one week.
http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-p...1-reentry/

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