China‘s first space lab is expected to fall back to Earth between March 31 and April 4 and should burn up in the atmosphere, China‘s space authorities said Monday.

Having concluded its historic mission, Tiangong-1 has officially terminated sending data and entered its final phase of life on March 16, according to a notice issued by the China Manned Space Engineering Office on Monday.

The current estimated reentry window runs from the morning of 31 March to the early morning of 2 April (in UTC time); this is highly variable. Reentry will take place anywhere between 43ºN and 43ºS (see map here). Areas above or below these latitudes can be excluded. At no time will a precise time/location prediction from ESA be possible. This forecast was updated approximately weekly through to mid-March, and is now being updated every 1~2 days.