Spacecraft falling at 17,000mph could land anywhere between these two lines
02-05-2025 17:33 via metro.co.uk

Spacecraft falling at 17,000mph could land anywhere between these two lines

Venera 4, an earlier prototype of the Kosmos 482 which is heading towards Earth (Picture: NASA)Southern parts of the UK are at risk of being hit by a Cold War spacecraft the size of seven full beer kegs later this month.
The defunct Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 is hurtling toward earth at 17,000mph, but predictions about where and when it will crash are pretty vague.
So vague, in fact, that the map below shows it could land pretty much anywhere.
The probe was launched in March 1972 by the USSR a
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