Posted on 05/02/2025 3:07:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly within the first two weeks of May.
It's too early to know where the half-tonne mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive re-entry, according to space debris tracking experts.
Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek predicts the failed spacecraft will re-enter around 10 May. He estimates it will come crashing at around 242 kph, assuming it remains intact.
"While not without risk, we should not be too worried," Langbroek said.
(Excerpt) Read more at euronews.com ...
Only thing I complain about is my tax money spent in Ukraine. After several foreign war disasters (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan etc) United States still insists on spending treasure/blood on unnecessary foreign wars, with nothing to show. Vietnam is still communist, Iraq has ISIS and Afghanistan is still controlled by Osama pals Taliban.
With more luck, it’ll land on Congress.
Half a ton of rubbish. Two Gold Wing motorcycles in free fall. We should blindly panic and buy a cart of TP.
Good point. Probably not NiCads.
Probably some place like Ice Station Zebra.
Was it an Australian spacecraft? Why the heck is it coming back?
,,, I can't recall the year - maybe 2000 or somewhere around that time. We heard the Mir space station was going to hit the ocean, some ocean. It turned out the last chance we'd get to see it was on an early morning last pass over the lower west coast of the North Island, in New Zealand. We got up as it was still dark and walked to the beach (Tasman Sea) at Raumati where we were living at the time. As dawn rolled out we saw the surprisngly low craft on a course from Nelson (top of the South Island) to Napier (east coast of the North Island). It was a creamy colour and we could see shades/vague details on it. Never forgot that experience. It canned out somewhere in the Pacific.
“They’re coming to get you, Barbara….”
Actually, they soft-landed eight craft.
“Actually, they soft-landed eight craft.”
Yeah, so what, not even close to the number we were able to land on Venus. I’m telling you they’re TOTALLY BACKWARDS, just “a gas station with nukes” - to quote my hero, John McCain.
Dude, do even science? We have never sent a lander to Venus. We had 2 that were sent only to read atmospheric data but survived the impact. One of which sent back data for an hour before dying.
Every other mission was a flyby.
I'm not defending Russia, just the truth.
NASA flew by Venus in 1962.
Russians recorded this image of Venusian woman before they disabled it.
https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/0MDHp90WYEVzDI8KSC8G/0MDHp90WYEVzDI8KSC8G-7eAtY.jpg
It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 1:54 a.m. ET (0554 GMT) on May 10, plus or minus nine hours, according to The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS).
I've got the song of the voice inside me
Set to the rhythm of the wheel...
Nothing I Can Do About It Now (Willie Nelson)
Looks like it’ll drop into the Bay of Bengal?
Well.......
Kosmos 482..
A lot of people are getting pretty excited to know what will be the delivery address of this Kosmosgram.
Perhaps they/I don’t get out much. 😁
Bumping for the zombie spawning satellite crash today.
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