TianGong is Coming Down!

[Gordon_R]

Oh boy, Cape Town might get it!

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Nope! The position shown in your chart is over northern Namibia (not visible from anywhere in SA), and subsequent orbits will take it further north.

Interesting (real-time) chart shown on this site, with potential final orbits: http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png

Some features to note. There are no tracking stations currently able to measure the exact position.
1. The next likely intercept is likely to be close to re-entry, a station called Altair, on Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roi-Namur
2. If it says in orbit longer, the next intercept will be Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island

 

[Hamish McPanji]

https://youtu.be/DGzB9-_S21c

 

[Dave]

https://youtu.be/DGzB9-_S21c

[video=youtube_share;DGzB9-_S21c]https://youtu.be/DGzB9-_S21c[/video]

Just added video tags so the video actually shows in internet browsers.

 

[Gordon_R]

Final orbit prediction (22:45 GMT on Sun 1 Apr). Large image source: http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png

 

[Gordon_R]

Anti-climax!? Came down almost as predicted in the South Pacific Ocean. Nobody on the ground saw it. Detection by US satellite observation.

Edit: https://www.twitter.com/18SPCS/status/980614448745406465