In the aftermath of its failed launch, Kosmos 482 split into several components ... on uninhabited land—the chances of a destructive impact grow as the number of reentries increase.

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean ...

The time part or all of the dead probe is expected to impact Earth continues to narrow in on Friday overnight into Saturday morning.

When it does come crashing down, Langbroek calculates that it will be moving at roughly 150 miles per hour upon impact. Kosmos 482 could reenter Earth’s atmosphere anywhere between the latitudes ...

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t yet know where it may come down. By Nadia Drake A robotic Soviet ...

The Russian space agency Roscosmos reports that the impact of the Soviet probe Kosmos 482 occurred in the Indian Ocean. The descent, Roscosmos writes on its social media, was monitored by its ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth's orbit this weekend, with experts predicting it could crash back to our planet as soon as tonight ...

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The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos-482 in 1972, one of a series of ... Langbroek estimated the impact speed at 150 mph (242 kph) if the spacecraft remains intact.