The return to the atmosphere of the Kosmos 482 Soviet probe is now imminent, launched in 1972 to reach Venus but which has never been able to leave the earth’s orbit. Now it is in uncontrolled fall to the earth and according to the calculations of the Dutch expert Marco Langbroek, based on the data collected by the Satterckcam station of Leida, the return is scheduled at 8.39 Italians with a margin of uncertainty of an hour and a half.
The window calculated by the American Aerospace Corporation is a little wider, according to which the return is expected at 8.12 Italians with a three -hour uncertainty margin. Instead, the area in which the probe could fall is still very uncertain and vast. With a diameter of one meter and almost 500 kilograms heavy, the probe may not disintegrate into the impact with the atmosphere because it is protected by the titanium shell that would have documented to allow her to cross the Armosphere of Venus without damage.
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