From time to time, A material that has been launched into space returns home. Sometimes he does it as planned, sometimes not that. When it happens –Like the events of Chinese rockets in back without control– The Global Tracking Network is implemented to follow its path. Now.
The ship was thrown by the Soviet Union in 1972 with the aim of studying VenusBut a fracture in his rocket prevented him from surviving the landscape. A failure caused the machine to burn, which did not reach enough speed.
Since then, it has been trapped in an elliptical orbit and has been replaced Astronaut trash. It is not only its age, but its most resistant system, Designed to support the conditions of the hell of our neighborhood. It raises a confusing possibility: it may escape from re -ederi and reach the surface.
Gosmos 482 is estimated that between May 7 and 13, 2025 to resist the atmosphereAlthough the correct date and place They have not yet been confirmed. Often, according to experts, as most cases, their residues fall into the sea or in areas where there are no population. But the uncertainty in his life gives the need to control his movements.
495 kg capsule that can bear the fire
Gosmos 482 is designed to withstand the extreme conditions of the veinusian atmosphere Presses up to 100 atmospheres and temperatures above 400ºC.
Your descent volume, With approximately 495 kilograms of mass.
His re -expression is a number of reasons, because because of After the Failed Initiative, on April 3, 1972, the pieces Study – including Titanium Alloy spheres – They fell in New Zealand. The so -called ‘incident of Ashburton balls’ did not cause injuries, but created the interest and analysis of the spatial residues.
Active monitoring against uncerta
International organizations and space agents Monitoring the path of Gosmos 482. It is difficult to predict its orbit, which is combined with its mass and deficiency aerodynamics, where and when it can fall properly.
The possibility of causing important damage is very lowAccording to experts. Since 70% of the surface of the planet is sea, most of the land areas live. Nevertheless, international surveillance protocols are active.
A study with the used parachute?
Dutch Astrofotographer Ralph WantebergNamed for comprehensive satellite catches from Earth, It has been following the Gosmos 482 track for more than a decade. On April 29, 2025, he released the new photos of the capsule, where you can find a long structure attached to the main capsule. According to your analysis, This may be the parachute of the investigationAccidentally used in space.
Wanteberg compared these pictures with others taken in 2014 It is appreciated in both possible, which says that parachute may have been used for many years. However, he makes it clear that his current state is uncertain and that the space environment has emerged for decades It is not very impossible to be functional. Ie, even if it is still connected to the capsule, Will not stop your fall And the atmosphere is distorted.
Their observations help you understand the physical condition of Kosmos 482 and may be important Expect your behavior during the re -entry.
Witness of the Soviet Space Era
Gosmos 482 is not just space scrap: this is part of Soviet history. This is one of those places where the intense technical pulse in the space between the twentieth century superpowers. The Venera Project was a pioneer: in 1975, the first pictures were sent from the surface of the Venera 9 Venus. But not all trips have been successful, in particular, it has become a ghost satellite for more than 50 years.
It finally affects the earth and if it survives, it will be the capsule of the fall of the sky.
