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An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an ...
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 ...
It was not spotted on its most recent pass over radar in Germany, the agency said, and predictions based on its orbit and previous location ... the impact speed at 150mph if the spacecraft remains ...
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 ...
but "some experts were not so sure of the precise location." No one appears to have been injured. The Russian Space Agency wrote on Telegram, according to a translation, "The Kosmos-482 spacecraft ...
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched ... entities tracking the re-entry, although exact impact details remain unavailable. Observers expressed disappointment over the lack of conclusive ...
The Soviet craft has been floating around in space after it was launched in 1972. Now it is expected to make an "uncontrolled reentry" through Earth's atmosphere this weekend ...