Live: 53 Year COSMOS 482 Reentry – crashed to earth
Live: 53 Year COSMOS 482 Reentry
The European Space Agency confirmed the spacecraft had plunged back into earth’s atmosphere after it failed to appear over a German radar station.
Cosmos reentered the earth’s atmosphere at 2.24am eastern American time, 6.24am in London, in Indian Ocean near Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. This according to Russia’s space agency Roscosmos.
Cosmos 482 wasn’t supposed to orbit our planet for decades. Launched by the Soviet Union on March 31, 1972, it was intended to be a Venus lander, part of the same interplanetary mission series that included the successful Venera 8, which did make it to Venus.
Cosmos 482 was its twin, tasked with following the same path to the scorching planet. But an error in its launch sequence —specifically a faulty timer— kept the craft trapped in Earth orbit. The final day of Cosmos 482’s extraordinary 53-year journey is here.
Once intended for Venus, this rugged, half-ton Soviet space probe now expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere.
Officials noted it had a higher chance of surviving reentry than most objects.
credit NASA
Connect with us
Subscribe for latest videos and live streams
On the go – key in ynuk.tv
Your reaction – drop by our comment box
https://www.facebook.com/YNUKtv
https://x.com/YourNewsUKtv
https://www.instagram.com/yournewsuktv
https://www.youtube.com/@ynuktv
https://bsky.app/profile/yournewsuktv.bsky.social
Get set to see amazing return of #Cosmos482 view live here https://t.co/GeP5S7cqEd its been in orbit for 53 years #Space #reentry #ynuktv pic.twitter.com/Ifm7gipecu
— YourNewsUKtv (@YourNewsUKtv) May 10, 2025
Don’t miss reentry of #COSMOS482 its been in orbit for 53 years view LIVE here wp.me/p4BB8h-1u8F not long before it lands but don’t know where #space #ynuktv
— yournewsuktv (@yournewsuktv.bsky.social) 10 May 2025 at 14:19
