https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_482
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/02/soviet-era-spacecraft-kosmos-482-uncontrolled-return-earth-next-week
Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week
Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction
dv said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_482
Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week
Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction
didn’t they say next week last week so maybe this is like fusion power and they’ll happen simultaneously
I read that previous bits fell in NZ in 1972. I have no memory of that.
SCIENCE said:
dv said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_482
Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week
Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunctiondidn’t they say next week last week so maybe this is like fusion power and they’ll happen simultaneously
There is some uncertainty, naturally.
10 May seems to be regarded as the most likely date.
Michael V said:
I read that previous bits fell in NZ in 1972. I have no memory of that.
Me either, they were made of titanium and survived reentry.
I don’t know what this bit is made of but it’s pretty big at 500kg.
dv said:
SCIENCE said:dv said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_482
Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week
Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunctiondidn’t they say next week last week so maybe this is like fusion power and they’ll happen simultaneously
There is some uncertainty, naturally.
10 May seems to be regarded as the most likely date.
It might achieve a soft landing and start carrying out its Venus mission, on Earth.
Right now we can’t say much about its landing location except that it will be <= 52 degrees latitude, north or south.
Which will no doubt be good news for the people of Manchester or Ushuaia.
dv said:
Right now we can’t say much about its landing location except that it will be <= 52 degrees latitude, north or south.
Which will no doubt be good news for the people of Manchester or Ushuaia.
Can we nudge it a bit to land on Mar-a-Lago?
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
Right now we can’t say much about its landing location except that it will be <= 52 degrees latitude, north or south.
Which will no doubt be good news for the people of Manchester or Ushuaia.Can we nudge it a bit to land on Mar-a-Lago?
Wish. It’s within the range.
What a week to send your cardinal’s cassock to the dry-cleaners:
Witty Rejoinder said:
What a week to send your cardinal’s cassock to the dry-cleaners:
Hmmm… I pulled a PWM.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
Right now we can’t say much about its landing location except that it will be <= 52 degrees latitude, north or south.
Which will no doubt be good news for the people of Manchester or Ushuaia.Can we nudge it a bit to land on Mar-a-Lago?
Wish. It’s within the range.
Unfortunately, we are too. Not just you and me, but everybody on this forum.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Can we nudge it a bit to land on Mar-a-Lago?
Wish. It’s within the range.
Unfortunately, we are too. Not just you and me, but everybody on this forum.
Perhaps I neglected to update you on my move to Svalbard
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Can we nudge it a bit to land on Mar-a-Lago?
Wish. It’s within the range.
Unfortunately, we are too. Not just you and me, but everybody on this forum.
It might be my birthday present?
dv said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:Wish. It’s within the range.
Unfortunately, we are too. Not just you and me, but everybody on this forum.
Perhaps I neglected to update you on my move to Svalbard
You did!
When did this happen?
Are you enjoying it there?
How cold is it?
Have you seen any aurorae yet?
If so, what are they like?
Michael V said:
dv said:
Michael V said:Unfortunately, we are too. Not just you and me, but everybody on this forum.
Perhaps I neglected to update you on my move to Svalbard
You did!
When did this happen?
Are you enjoying it there?
How cold is it?
Have you seen any aurorae yet?
If so, what are they like?
Yeah the nipples are pretty prominent for obvious reasons
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:Perhaps I neglected to update you on my move to Svalbard
You did!
When did this happen?
Are you enjoying it there?
How cold is it?
Have you seen any aurorae yet?
If so, what are they like?
Yeah the nipples are pretty prominent for obvious reasons
So it’s cold.
Aurorae?
“ Report it immediately to the Australian Space Agency, and they will then enter negotiations with the Russian government.” “
So if this thing lands in my backyard, the ASA recommends calling the police first, then the agency, who will then liaise with authorities.
https://www.space.gov.au/discovery-of-space-debris-in-australia
Also, good luck with those negotiations 👍🏼
Tracking info:
https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=6073&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
Updated the latest ESA ground track map below showing western Australia as the new center of impact window.
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Heads up WAliens
Ian said:
Updated the latest ESA ground track map below showing western Australia as the new center of impact window..
Heads up WAliens
It appears to be heading directly for Party Pants house.
Anyone know whether it’s got an RTG on board? None of the sources I looked at can tell me.
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
Updated the latest ESA ground track map below showing western Australia as the new center of impact window..
Heads up WAliensIt appears to be heading directly for Party Pants house.
where’s the link?
btm said:
Anyone know whether it’s got an RTG on board? None of the sources I looked at can tell me.
I have no idea.
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
Updated the latest ESA ground track map below showing western Australia as the new center of impact window..
Heads up WAliensIt appears to be heading directly for Party Pants house.
where’s the link?
Here’s one. A tracking link:
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=6073
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
Updated the latest ESA ground track map below showing western Australia as the new center of impact window..
Heads up WAliensIt appears to be heading directly for Party Pants house.
where’s the link?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2025/05/09/track-soviet-spacecraft-cosmos-482-reentry-set-to-crash-land-in-hours/
So roughly in the Carnarvon area. ish.
Michael V said:
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:It appears to be heading directly for Party Pants house.
where’s the link?
Here’s one. A tracking link:
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=6073
Nowhere near me, it is going to cross the WA coast near Wyndham in the far north, and then track over the NT, SA and NSW towards Bega before heading out to sea again.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
party_pants said:where’s the link?
Here’s one. A tracking link:
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=6073
Nowhere near me, it is going to cross the WA coast near Wyndham in the far north, and then track over the NT, SA and NSW towards Bega before heading out to sea again.
Estimated re-entry location at around 2:40pm WA time.
Kingy said:
party_pants said:
Michael V said:Here’s one. A tracking link:
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=6073
Nowhere near me, it is going to cross the WA coast near Wyndham in the far north, and then track over the NT, SA and NSW towards Bega before heading out to sea again.
Estimated re-entry location at around 2:40pm WA time.
OIC, it’s still got another loop left.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
party_pants said:where’s the link?
Here’s one. A tracking link:
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=6073
Nowhere near me, it is going to cross the WA coast near Wyndham in the far north, and then track over the NT, SA and NSW towards Bega before heading out to sea again.
I suspect that it may be the next orbit that people are predicting it will come back to earth on.
btm said:
Anyone know whether it’s got an RTG on board? None of the sources I looked at can tell me.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-023A
Spacecraft and Subsystems
The Cosmos 482 spacecraft comprised a carrier bus and lander probe with a total launch mass of 1184 kg. The lander probe was an insulated spherical pressure vessel with a mass of 495 kg, of similar design to the Venera 7 probe. It had a top shell that would be jettisoned on atmospheric entry to deploy the 2.5 square meter parachute and expose the antenna and instruments. The probe was battery powered. Its instrumentation included temperature, pressure, and density sensors as well as an accelerometer, radio altimeter, anemometer, gamma-ray spectrometer, gas analyzer, visible photometers, and radio transmitters. For more on the identical Venera 8 descent craft, see:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-021D
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
party_pants said:Nowhere near me, it is going to cross the WA coast near Wyndham in the far north, and then track over the NT, SA and NSW towards Bega before heading out to sea again.
Estimated re-entry location at around 2:40pm WA time.
OIC, it’s still got another loop left.
You might get a glimpse of it descending through the atmosphere.
I think the people of Bega should be ringing their church bells to indicate “last lap” as it goes over.
Maybe I should go to the BWS now, just in case…
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
Kingy said:Estimated re-entry location at around 2:40pm WA time.
OIC, it’s still got another loop left.
You might get a glimpse of it descending through the atmosphere.
probably well to the east of me, about 500 km. Sort of Coral Bay – Esperance sort of track.
party_pants said:
Maybe I should go to the BWS now, just in case…
Yes, do it.
Bogsnorkler said:
btm said:
Anyone know whether it’s got an RTG on board? None of the sources I looked at can tell me.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-023A
Spacecraft and Subsystems
The Cosmos 482 spacecraft comprised a carrier bus and lander probe with a total launch mass of 1184 kg. The lander probe was an insulated spherical pressure vessel with a mass of 495 kg, of similar design to the Venera 7 probe. It had a top shell that would be jettisoned on atmospheric entry to deploy the 2.5 square meter parachute and expose the antenna and instruments. The probe was battery powered. Its instrumentation included temperature, pressure, and density sensors as well as an accelerometer, radio altimeter, anemometer, gamma-ray spectrometer, gas analyzer, visible photometers, and radio transmitters. For more on the identical Venera 8 descent craft, see:https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-021D
Battery powered. Thanks Boris.
LIVE! 53 Year Soviet Spacecraft COSMOS 482 Reentry …
Ian said:
LIVE! 53 Year Soviet Spacecraft COSMOS 482 Reentry …
Gourd there are some nobbers posting on that.
The site I linked to earlier has gone belly up – two many connections.
Michael V said:
Ian said:
LIVE! 53 Year Soviet Spacecraft COSMOS 482 Reentry …Gourd there are some nobbers posting on that.
Yep
Might sit outside for a while with a cold beer and my binoculars ready.
party_pants said:
Might sit outside for a while with a cold beer and my binoculars ready.
You won’t need binoculars.
We are going to the bush tomorrow. I’ll keep my eyes out for any space junk that has landed.
(Over twenty years ago we used a silver tarp over the old grey Fergie that was parked in the bush, away from the road. We didn’t have a shed then. A friend botanist went walking out there on her own and she told us she spent some time puzzling over the silver thing as she walked towards it and was quite disappointed it wasn’t space junk when she got to it.)
Has that dang thing landed yet?
Has it landed yet??
Divine Angel said:
Has it landed yet??
Crash-landed?
No, apparently not. And not in WA, as predicted by somebody.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Has it landed yet??
Crash-landed?
No, apparently not. And not in WA, as predicted by somebody.
I only just got home so am catching up.
Bubblecar said:
Has that dang thing landed yet?
I saw nuthink!
ESA says their radar in Germany has not spotted it where it would be if it were still in orbit, so they think it has already come down, probably in the Indian or Pacific oceans. Nothing confirmed yet.
By golly there’s some knobs commenting on the livestreams.
“It’s bounced off the atmosphere!”
“It’s climbing altitude because the Russians are controlling it.”
“It crashed two hours ago over Egypt, it’s been confirmed.”
Divine Angel said:
By golly there’s some knobs commenting on the livestreams.“It’s bounced off the atmosphere!”
“It’s climbing altitude because the Russians are controlling it.”
“It crashed two hours ago over Egypt, it’s been confirmed.”
Yeah, and the so-called Christians…
well if we suddenly stop posting you’ll all know that it’s hit us
SCIENCE said:
well if we suddenly stop posting you’ll all know that it’s hit us
All of us?
https://www.eusst.eu/newsroom/eu-sst-monitors-reentry-object-cosmos-482/
Down, but nobody knows where.
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
Bubblecar said:
Down, but nobody knows where.
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
just ask the MH370 crew we’re sure they’ll tell yous
Came down in the eastern Indian Ocean but there’s no greater specificity than that, I hope the North Sentinelese are okay.
dv said:
Came down in the eastern Indian Ocean but there’s no greater specificity than that, I hope the North Sentinelese are okay.
SCIENCE said:
dv said:
Came down in the eastern Indian Ocean but there’s no greater specificity than that, I hope the North Sentinelese are okay.
LOLOLOL