They are just hours left for the Soviet satellite Kosmos 482, launched 53 years ago with the aim of reaching Venus, falls on earth. An event that has aroused interest, but also the concern of a large multitude of people around the world, since, although it is known that the probe will crash this Saturday, the exact place where it will fall is unknown.
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“On May 10, the Kosmos 482 descent ship, a venerate landing capsule launched 53 years ago, will experience an un controlled re -entry,” said the European Space Agency in its last statement on the probe. “As the re -entry date approaches, the predictions will be specified in the updates below,” they have continued.
Although, however, a few hours after the fall occurs, that information is still unknown. In the beginning, ESA had confirmed that the satellite would crash at 10:12 in the morning (Spanish peninsular time) on earth. Now, even so, the exact moment and have anticipated that fall at 8:26 (Spanish peninsular time).
The expectation for knowing the last great data related to this satellite is, therefore, very high. The probe never reached its goal of landing in Venus since its pitcher could not “escape terrestrial gravity.”
“Now, the ship will descend at a point between 52º North and 52nd South of Ecuador,” they have specified from the agency. However, the exact area remains unknown. What can be checked on one of the maps provided by ESA is that, to fall among the points they estimate, there would be some minimal possibility that the probe falls in part of Galicia or in a small area of Andalusia.
