The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as Kosmos 482, was launched in 1972 on a mission to explore Venus. A launch failure left it trapped in Earth’s orbit — where it has remained for ...

One probe, renamed Kosmos 482, took a little more time to return ... to have occurred between these two times," the European Space Agency explained on its tracking blog for the object. "A precise time ...

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to touch down on Venus. Because of a propulsion problem, it never escaped ...

In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled approach towards Earth. Experts have been tracking it since – though they noted that it was very unlikely that ...

published radar images last week from the Tracking and Imaging Radar (TIRA) at the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques in Germany that appeared to show the spacecraft ...

Kosmos 482 reentry expected around May 10, 2025 Built to survive Venus, it may endure Earth's atmosphere too Tracking indicates low risk, most likely ocean impact ...

part of the "Kosmos 482" probe, orbiting Earth. The photo was captured as the capsule was coming towards the Earth's atmosphere, nearly half a century after its launch. Van Dijk, a specialist in ...

On May 10, 2025 at 06:24 GMT, the remnants of the Kosmos 482 probe entered the Earth's ... ESA reports that a radar tracking station in Germany failed to detect the spacecraft during a predicted ...

NASA said it was "possible" that Kosmos 482 survived reentry. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking network said it "most likely survived and reached the ground almost intact." ...