50 Year Old Venus Spacecraft Is About To Land On Earth

ItHurtsWhenIP

This could make a big splash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQgmnQ1FtA

Kaybaykwah

It’s about freaking time.

ItHurtsWhenIP

ESA are running a regularly updated blog post on it:

https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2025/05/07/reentry-prediction-soviet-era-venera-venus-lander-cosmos-482-descent-craft/

Current prediction is that it is coming down early tomorrow morning.

prosaic

It looks like the groundtrack crosses Ireland just 15 minutes before the estimated re-entry time.

And the error on re-entry is +/- 4 hours.

NIMAN

Irish radio saying it might land near Cork!

PokeHerKing

The story line of a SciFi Horror. If anyone comes down with a mysterious illness this week run for the hills.

prosaic

This guy seems to be tracking things closely:

https://x.com/Marco_Langbroek

So current expected is 06:30 UTC = 07:30 IST, so I guess passing along line at approx 52 deg north lattitude here about 06:45? The exact track might be off a little and heading a slight bit southward towards the end.

Kaybaykwah

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123432894#Comment_123432894

I hope it won’t di the old corkscrew down on Cork.

prosaic

I'm wondering about getting up and looking south from Dublin if it is nice clear day. Entry interface is about 80 to 100 km altitude so it should be visible at about 30deg above horizon if re-entry has started by then.

SuperBowserWorld

Will Katy Perry be on it ?

prosaic

current middle estimate is NW Austrlia

prosaic

Current estimate is 7:39 south of eastern Oz, Irish time, +/-90mins.

prosaic

Next pass over Ireland about 8:34 Irish time, very unlikely to reach that far, right at end of possible range.

deandean

I hope it doesn't have a flubber hanging on to it that'll eat people and get bigger.

Darwin

Link here:

https://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=6073#TOP