Tiangong-2 space lab to reenter atmosphere on Friday evening
Updated 21:07, 19-Jul-2019
Ning Hong
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All systems aboard China's Tiangong-2 space lab are normal and steady. The space lab will reenter the atmosphere on Friday evening Beijing time (BJT), according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office.

The Tiangong-2 space lab conducted its first maneuver in orbit on Thursday night. It was at a lower ellipse orbit with the perigee of 190 kilometers (km) and an apogee of 370 km by 17:30 BJT on Friday, said the office.