The spacecraft of the Soviet era is immersed on Earth after 53 years caught in orbit

A spacecraft of the Soviet era That could not be launched to Venus more than 50 years ago submerged on Earth on Saturday.

The spatial surveillance of the European Union and the follow -up confirmed that the spacecraft, known as Kosmos 482, had an un controlled re -entry based on analysis and non -presentation in subsequent orbits.

The European Space Agency’s space debris office also indicated that Kosmos 482 had re -entered after it did not appear in a German radar station.

It was not known immediately where the spacecraft entered or how much, if any, the medium ton spacecraft survived the burning descent of the orbit. Experts said in advance that some, if not everything, could fall down, since it was built to resist an landing in Venus, the most popular planet in the Solar System.

The possibilities that someone was beaten by the debris of the spacecraft was extremely low, scientists said.

Kosmos 482 was launched by the then Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions linked to Venus. But this never left the orbit around the earth, stranded there due to a rocket malfunction.

Much of the spacecraft returned to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. He is no longer able to resist the tug of gravity as its orbit decreased, the spherical landing, an estimated 3 feet (1 meter) wide, was the last part of the spacecraft to go down. The landing module was locked in titanium, according to experts, and weighed more than 1,000 pounds (495 kilograms).

After following the descending spiral of the spaceship, scientists, military experts and others could not identify precisely when or where the spacecraft could lower. The solar activity was added to uncertainty, as well as to the condition of deterioration of the spacecraft after so long in space.

Until Saturday morning, the United States space command had not yet confirmed the disappearance of the spacecraft while collecting and analyzing the orbit data.

The US space command. UU. Routinely monitors dozens of resentments every month. According to the officials, which distinguishes Kosmos 482, and won additional attention from the trackers of the Government and the private space, which was more likely to survive Re -entry.

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