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Soviet Kosmos 482 spacecraft crashes into an unknown site on Earth
NBC ^ | May 10, 2025, 5:07 AM EDT | By David Ewalt

Posted on 05/10/2025 3:10:07 AM PDT by Ezekiel

A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus is believed to have crashed back onto Earth early on Saturday morning.

The European Space Agency, which was monitoring the craft's uncontrolled descent, said it was last spotted by radar over Germany. At at the time of its expected crash, radars could no longer detect the Kosmos 482, concluding that β€œit is most likely that the reentry has already occurred.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 1972; failedmission; kosmos482; oops; ussr; venus
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1 posted on 05/10/2025 3:10:07 AM PDT by Ezekiel
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To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv; telescope115; nickcarraway; rktman; dfwgator

CCCPing..


2 posted on 05/10/2025 3:13:18 AM PDT by Ezekiel (πŸ†˜οΈ "Come fly with US". πŸ”΄ Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Ezekiel

Probably already destroyed.

Regards,

3 posted on 05/10/2025 3:16:15 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Ezekiel

Doesn’t seem to have landed here.


4 posted on 05/10/2025 3:20:53 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: alexander_busek; 9YearLurker; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Probably already destroyed.

6 million bucks, wasted!

Well, there's always a song...

In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder men had never heard
Like the screamin' sound of a big war bird..

Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron -- The Royal Guardsman

5 posted on 05/10/2025 3:33:19 AM PDT by Ezekiel (πŸ†˜οΈ "Come fly with US". πŸ”΄ Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Ezekiel

“Unknown site”

So - it went where no man has gone before?πŸ₯Έ


6 posted on 05/10/2025 4:21:32 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Ezekiel

It won’t be long until someone finds it.


7 posted on 05/10/2025 4:29:38 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Ezekiel

I just checked , not in my yard


8 posted on 05/10/2025 4:33:49 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (β€œI don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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To: Ezekiel

It was last seen over Germany. It would be ironic if it landed in Russia.


9 posted on 05/10/2025 4:37:05 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Ezekiel

Probably landed in Ukraine.....................


10 posted on 05/10/2025 4:38:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Ezekiel

Will insurance cover the damage? Great my rates will go up again. First the fires in Southern California and now this.

Will Europe consider it an attack and invoke Article 5?

Did it kill the wicked witch? Surprised no one posted thst picture yet.


11 posted on 05/10/2025 4:43:06 AM PDT by moviefan8
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To: Ezekiel

I did hear a rather loud noise last night.
Wonder what Alex Jones will have to say.


12 posted on 05/10/2025 4:46:50 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: Ezekiel

Searching the ranch, will report back in a few days.


13 posted on 05/10/2025 4:48:52 AM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: moviefan8

The UN use to be the go to for space junk damage claims. Don’t know now.


14 posted on 05/10/2025 4:56:54 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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Related:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4314721/posts


15 posted on 05/10/2025 4:59:43 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: moviefan8

β€œWill insurance cover the damage? Great my rates will go up again. First the fires in Southern California and now this.”

Oddly enough, one of my home insurance polices in the past specifically excluded this.


16 posted on 05/10/2025 5:00:46 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, it is near the end of the day.)
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To: Ezekiel
Might even have crashed into a farm building somewhere...


17 posted on 05/10/2025 5:13:37 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Ezekiel

Well, I’m your Venus
I’m your fire, at your desire
Well, I’m your Venus
I’m your fire, at your desire


18 posted on 05/10/2025 5:20:52 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido; alexander_busek; 9YearLurker; trebb; Nateman; HereInTheHeartland; Red Badger; ...

Perhaps the people in that isolated tribe were the only ones to see it come down (arrows at the ready).

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/failed-soviet-venus-lander-kosmos-482-crashes-to-earth-after-53-years-in-orbit

Translation from Russian:

According to the calculations of specialists from TsNIIMash (part of Roscosmos), the device entered the dense layers of the atmosphere at 9:24 Moscow time, 560 km west of Middle Andaman Island and fell in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta.

https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/17407


19 posted on 05/10/2025 5:53:03 AM PDT by Ezekiel (πŸ†˜οΈ "Come fly with US". πŸ”΄ Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Phinneous; Red Badger; null and void; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Somebody* managed to take a picture -- just before sunrise from Rome:

Cosmos 482 is visible as a trail entering the field of view from the top and pointing to the bottom right corner. It crosses the Cepheus (Cep) constellation. The Polaris star is also visible on the left.

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Cosmos-482 descent craft: an image before its reentry – 10 May 2025

by Gianluca Masi Β· 05/10/2025

We are pleased to share with you an image of Cosmos 482, taken just before sunrise from Rome, Italy, a few hours before its reentry in our atmosphere.

https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/05/10/cosmos-482-descent-craft-an-image-before-its-reentry-10-may-2025/

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*Gianluca Masi, John Luke...

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Is there any doubt?

Now where are Mark and Matthew to weigh in? πŸ˜‰

20 posted on 05/10/2025 6:09:24 AM PDT by Ezekiel (πŸ†˜οΈ "Come fly with US". πŸ”΄ Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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