China's Space Station Got Weirdly Close to Earth For a Few Days And The Government Isn't Talking

China's Tiangong-2 space station just spent 10 days much closer to Earth than its usual orbit, a manoeuvre that seems to have baffled experts - and China's government isn't talking. From June 13, it dipped from its usual altitude of around 390 kilometres (242 miles) down to around 295 kilometres (183 miles), according to Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Jonathan McDowell, and orbital information published by the US Strategic Command's Joint Force Space Component Command, reports Space News. More

(Source: ScienceAlert - Jun 26)