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Kosmos 482, a failed Soviet-era spacecraft, crashes into Earth 53 years after it launched
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A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.
The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits. The European Space Agency’s space debris office also indicated that the spacecraft had reentered after it failed to appear over a German radar station.
It was not immediately known where the spacecraft came in or how much, if any, of the half-ton spacecraft survived the fiery descent from orbit. Experts said ahead of time that some if not all of it might come crashing down, given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system’s hottest planet.
MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/soviet-era-spacecraft-kosmos-482-reentry-earth/507-0c276f70-b48b-4262-9870-a1966568dc51
