The device enters the dense layers of the environment 560 km west of the island of central Andaman and fell into the ocean west of the capital of Indonesia – Jakarta.
On May 10, the Cosmos-482 device, intended for the study of Venus, launched by the USSR in 1972, fell into the Indian Ocean. This is announced by roskosmos.
It was noted that the device entered the dense layers of the environment at 9:24 Moscow Time, 560 km west of the island of Central Andaman, and fell into the ocean west of the capital of Indonesia – Jakarta.
Earlier, the media reported that after 53 years, the Cosmos-482 returned to Earth and posed a potential risk, as it could fall in a population area. An object weighing 500 kg should reach the speed of several hundred kilometers per hour and press the ground. A collision on our planet is expected on May 9 or 10.
As you know, the device was launched in 1972 to study Venus, however, due to the mistake of the accelerated block, it remained in the high elliptical orbit of the soil and gradually approached the planet.
Remember that the American Light Missile Firefly Alpha experienced an anomaly when separating the steps, leaving Lockheed Martin’s satellite in a lower orbit of a lower, planned.
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Source: korrespondent
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