Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek estimated the impact speed at 150mph if the spacecraft remains intact. The Soviets launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to send it to Venus to join other ...

A spacecraft launched more than 50 years ago is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry into Earth’s atmosphere in the coming days. The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as Kosmos 482 ...

Kosmos 482 reentry and impact The size of the craft of approximately 3.3 feet (1 meter) in diameter and around 1,190 pounds (495 kilograms) suggests that if it had landed intact, its speed on ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on Earth after 53 years ... so the statistical probability of an impact on the ground in populated areas was low. As the re-entry approached ...

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 on a failed trip to Venus, fell back into Earth on Saturday morning. The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that ...

Trending Photos A Soviet-era spacecraft, Cosmos 482 (also spelled Kosmos 482), is expected to reenter ... Due to the vastness of the potential impact zone, accurately predicting the exact crash site ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft ... Because the potential impact zone covers a vast area, it is nearly impossible to pinpoint the exact crash location in advance. Most objects that reenter ...

The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed Kosmos 482 landed back on Earth based ... Dr Langbroek calculated that the landing module could impact anywhere within latitude 52 ...

In that scenario, "the kinetic energy at impact is similar to that of a 40-55 cm [16 to 22 inches] large (after ablation) meteorite fragment," Langbroek wrote in a blog post recently. Kosmos 482's ...

The Kosmos 482 Descent Craft floated around in outer ... re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere. The potential crash zone, highlighted in red, is vast (Picture: Metro Graphics) Discussing the ...

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