First ever Chinese space station 'out of control', could crash into Earth at any moment

Back in 2011, China, with much ambition, had launched Tiangong-1, the country's first space station. A controlled landing in an ocean was scheduled for the satellite station.

According to media reports, an astronomer revealed that the space station could crash at any moment. Amateur satellite tracker Thomas Dorman, speaking to Space.com, said its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere will not be a controlled landing, but a fiery, molten metal laden crash.

"If I am right, China will wait until the last minute to let the world know it has a problem with their space station," said Dorman.

"It could be a real bad day if pieces of this came down in a populated area, but odds are it will land in the ocean or in an unpopulated area."

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The scary thing about all of this is that China is not saying anything or making any statements about the  satellite space station.

"That would seem to suggest that it's not being deorbited under control. That's the implication," says Dean Cheng, a senior research fellow at the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, commenting on the Chinese government's silence on the matter.

Pulse Tech will keep you posted as this story develops.