HIGH INTEREST DANGEROUS SATELLITE RE-ENTRY!

James Kaufman will news report today, April 30th, 2025. God bless you and yours, no matter where you are in the world. Please subscribe, give us a thumbs up, ring that bell for critical future updates. High-interest, dangerous satellite re-entry. In 1972, Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 spacecraft was supposed to land on Venus. More than 50 years later It's returning to Earth instead. Touchdown is expected on or around May 10th, give or take a few days. Quote, this will not be your standard re-entry, says satellite analyst Marco Langbroek, who has been tracking the object for years. Cosmos 482 descent craft was designed to survive the dense atmosphere of Venus. It will therefore likely survive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere intact and make a crash landing. This will therefore be a high interest and potentially dangerous re-entry. Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's successful Venera program to explore Venus. Between 1961 and 1984, Thirteen Soviet probes successfully entered Venus's atmosphere, with ten landing on the planet's surface. Cosmos 482, however, never fully escaped Earth's atmosphere. After it was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 31, 1972, The upper stage of its Valentina rocket shut down permanently, leaving it in a 206 by 9,802 kilometer orbit that's been decaying ever since. Quote, with an orbital inclination of 52 degrees, the Cosmos 482 descent craft could come down anywhere between 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south latitude, says Langbroek. This includes much of South America and mid-latitude Europe and Asia, as well as the Americas, Africa, and Australia. Statistically, an ocean landing is the most likely outcome because the Earth is covered in over 70% water. The probe was designed to parachute to the surface of Venus, however, it is unlikely that the parachute system will be working after more than 50 years in space. So it will be a crash landing. How bad will the crash landing be? Many details of the descent craft have been lost to history. Langbroek believes that the craft is just over one meter in diameter with a mass of over 495 kilograms. It won't do major damage, but you wouldn't want to be standing anywhere near where it lands. I will update you on possible improved timing, locations, and improving entry predictions. So stay tuned and welcome home, Cosmos 482.