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Old Soviet spacecraft expected to crash back to Earth next week
By Jacinta Bowler

Scientists are keeping an eye on Kosmos 482, which is forecast to plunge back to Earth next week. We just don't know exactly when or where it will land.

abc.net.au/news/science/2025-0

ABC News · Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 expected to crash back to Earth next week. Here's what you need to knowBy Jacinta Bowler
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Miro Collas

Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week | Space | The Guardian
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"Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction"

The Guardian · Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next weekBy Guardian staff reporter
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Spaceflight 🚀

As the #spacecraft approaches Mars 🔴, it will need to perform a capture burn 🔥 to slow down and be captured by Mars' gravity. This requires a delta-v of about 0.7 to 1.3 km/s to enter Mars' orbit or to land on the planet's surface. #Starship 🚀 will enter #Mars’ atmosphere at 7.7 km/sec and decelerate #aerodynamically uc.edu/content/dam/refresh/con

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Space Environmentalism

Deloitte on #space: "While growth in the space industry is generally positive, it also poses challenges, which can put #spacecraft at risk. Preservation of the space environment, such as critical earth orbits, is essential to the industry’s growth. As a space sector leader, the United States can have a vital role and ample motivation to lead in sustainable space practices and international cooperative efforts to help preserve the #SpaceEnvironment."

www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insigh

Deloitte InsightsReaping the rewards of the new space raceAmerica, the trailblazer in space technology, must innovate, cooperate, and regulate to safeguard its leadership and drive a prosperous cosmic future.
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Dr. John Barentine FRAS

A couple of abstracts relevant to the space environment from the upcoming European Geosciences Union (Vienna, 27 April–2 May 2025):

“Defining the environmental impacts of satellite megaconstellation missions in a rapidly growing space sector” meetingorganizer.copernicus.or

“Survey of the estimated mass of ablated material and intact debris from ‘end-of-life’ LEO spacecraft entering the atmosphere” meetingorganizer.copernicus.or

meetingorganizer.copernicus.orgAbstract EGU25-17301
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