After a 53-year-long space adventure, the decommissioned Soviet space probe Kosmos 482 probe came crashing down to Earth today, and plunged into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia. The reentry took place at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, according to Russia’s space agency Roscosmos. After much concern that the spacecraft could hit populated areas, it appears that Kosmos 482 fell ‘harmlessly’ into the sea. Watch: Kosmos 482 seen in the skies over Peru. Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos-482 Crashes in Pacific Ocean pic.twitter.com/hu53v7BUdq — Black Hole (@konstructivizm) May 10, 2025 Space.com reported: “Earth isn’t the planet that Kosmos 482 was supposed to land on. The spacecraft was part of the Soviet Union’s Venera…
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