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Tiangong 1 space station

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The reentry prediction for #Tiangong1 NORAD ID 2011-053A was slid back slightly this afternoon to April 1st at 14:00 UT+/-16 hours: https://t.co/Jy7xiMXNHP pic.twitter.com/9P2VtiHtht
Dave Dickinson (@Astroguyz) March 29, 2018

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China space station to fall to Earth in 2017

China's first space station is expected to fall back to Earth in the second half of 2017, amid speculation authorities have lost control of it.
The Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace" laboratory was launched in 2011 as part of an ambitious Chinese plan to catch up with other space powers.
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Tiangong-1, China's first space station, will pass over Spain at 19:23 UT, 12th April, 2013.

TIANGONG 1              
1 37820U 11053A   13101.91226565  .00056063  00000-0  41138-3 0  7529
2 37820  42.7803  43.4230 0005208 268.9492 142.3901 15.72274587 88191

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Shenzhou 9 and Tiangong 1 Successful Manual Docking - Liu Wang

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Chinese astronauts begin space-lab experiments

Astronauts on board China's Tiangong-1 space-lab have begun up to 20 days of experiments.

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The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft launched successfully on 16 June 2012, carrying with it China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang. Shenzhou 9 is expected to dock with Tiangong-1 on 18 June.
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TIANGONG 1
1 37820U 11053A   12168.41067130  .00092535  00000-0  50987-3 0  8209
2 37820 042.7848 055.0218 0007335 265.6303 088.2360 15.78628224 41073

Period:       91.23 minutes
Inclination: 42.78°
Apogee:     340 km
Perigee:     329 km

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China to build first space telescope

China may build its first large-calibre space telescope on its space station, said Gong Huixing, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Its calibre will be smaller than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, but its field of view will be wider that of the Hubble, said Gong.
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Tiangong-1 orbiter enters long-term operation management

Chinese orbiter Tiangong-1 has entered into long-term operation management in space after docking twice with the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8, a committee in charge of the orbiter's management duty said Saturday.
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