The Russian investigation, which was wandering in space, falls into the Indian
Saturday, 10 May, 2025, 14:07
The Soviet probe Cosmos 482 was crashed on March 31, 1972 on Saturday in the Indian Ocean, about eight … The media in the morning (the time of a Spanish peninsula) after wandering more than half a century by Earth orbit, according to Russia, the Russian Space Agency. In a telegram, Roskosmos reported that the old artifacts piece entered the atmosphere at 9:24 Moscow time – a lesser hour in the Spanish Peninsula – “560 km west of Andaman island, and fell in the Indian Ocean, west of Yakarta.”
Shortly after its launch in 1972, Cosmos 482 suffered a technical failure that left it besieged in the Earth, where he remained for 53 years. Its initial goal was to make the controlled landing on Venus, which involves supporting huge pressure, severe temperatures and violent acceleration. However, shortly after its launch into space, failure in the payment system caused the unit to stop prematurely, leaving it besieged in the Earth orbit instead of continuing in the direction of its destination.
More than half a century after its launch, the small ship, which is 1 meters long and 495 kilograms of weight, returned to the Earth that meets the expectations that discontent would happen between 8 and 11 May. The main space agencies on the planet were finally after 8.30 before on Saturday.
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