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Doomed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could hit Earth tonight. Here's when. (www.livescience.com)
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They have bets on where it hits (I see some wishes)

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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."

[–] tfed@infosec.exchange 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@HappySkullsplitter @Zerush "after 50 years of wrong orbit"

"This page was last edited on 10 May 2025, at 14:03 (UTC)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos/_482

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

The craft was designed to land on Venus unharmed; it is likely in one piece at the bottom of the ocean.