Doomed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could hit Earth tonight. Here's when.
Doomed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could hit Earth tonight. Here's when.
They have bets on where it hits (I see some wishes)
Editor’s note: Kosmos 482 was last spotted by radar over Germany between 11:30p.m. to 6:04a.m. EDT, according to The European Space Agency. Radars could not detect the craft at a subsequent pass at 2:32 a.m. EDT, so "it is most likely that the reentry has already occurred."
@HappySkullsplitter @Zerush "after 50 years of wrong orbit"
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Later that day, the Russian space agency Roscosmos confirmed that the lander had harmlessly impacted the Indian Ocean at 6:24 a.m. UTC west of Jakarta, Indonesia. The condition of the craft is unknown.
The craft was designed to land on Venus unharmed; it is likely in one piece at the bottom of the ocean.
