Tracking Cosmos 482: When will the Soviet-era spacecraft crash to Earth? Cosmos 482's reentry is expected to occur in the early hours of Saturday, May 10, according to multiple space organizations.

Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in 1972. It has been in Earth's orbit since. Tracking Cosmos 482: When will the Soviet-era spacecraft return to Earth?

What set Kosmos 482 apart — and earned it extra attention from government and private space trackers — was that it was more likely to survive reentry, according to officials.

Cosmos 482 is on track to hit the ground or ocean roughly between 10 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., according to four analyses of the object from various institutions, including the European Space Agency and ...

The ESA Space Debris Office is closely following the reentry of the Cosmos (Kosmos) 482 Venus descent craft and currently expects the object to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 09:12 CEST on 10 May ...

Still, incidents such as the Cosmos 482 reentry are a stark reminder. “What goes up must come down,” Wishik said. “What you put up in space today might affect us for decades to come.” ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era ... The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era ... The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era ... The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits.

WASHINGTON — A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its ...