50 Year Old Venus Spacecraft Is About To Land On Earth

ItHurtsWhenIP · 03-05-2025 07:30PM #1

This could make a big splash.

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

Kaybaykwah · 03-05-2025 08:28PM

It’s about freaking time.

ItHurtsWhenIP · 09-05-2025 05:42PM

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 · 09-05-2025 06:14PM

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 · 09-05-2025 06:38PM

Irish radio saying it might land near Cork!

PokeHerKing · 09-05-2025 06:42PM

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

prosaic · 09-05-2025 06:42PM

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 · 09-05-2025 06:46PM

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

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

prosaic · 09-05-2025 06:46PM

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.