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Soviet spacecraft plummeting back to Earth

Soviet Satellite Is Plummeting to Earth. Here's Where and When It Could Land

A derelict Soviet-era spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 is set to hurtle back toward Earth after more than five decades in orbit. Newsweek contacted Russia's Roscosmos for comment via email on Wednesday.

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This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains

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Soviet-era spacecraft set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this week after 53 years in orbit

After a failed soviet union mission to venus 53 years ago the spacecraft has been left in orbit around earth since the early 70s.It's orbit has since been decay

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Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...

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SpaceX sends more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

This mission is the 470th Falcon 9 rocket launch, and its cargo will be added to the over 7,300 Starlink satellites already ...

Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in

Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem ...

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX 's Starlink 6-93 mission Tuesday night (May 6) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...

Soviet spaceship could crash back to Earth at 17,000mph in HOURS as map reveals impact zone for doomed 500kg Venus probe

A SOVIET spacecraft once destined for Venus is expected to crash land on Earth this week after more than 50 years stuck in ...

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