In 1972, the 'Kosmos-482' spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union entered the dense layers of the Earth's atmosphere at 11:24 Tashkent time and fell 560 kilometers west of Middle Andaman Island located in the Indian Ocean.
This was officially reported by Russia's 'Roskosmos' space agency.
The 'Kosmos-482' spacecraft was launched as part of the Soviet Union's interplanetary research program aimed at studying the planet Venus. Its main tasks included studying the dense atmosphere of Venus, the composition of the planet's surface, high temperatures, pressure, and lighting conditions.
According to 'Roskosmos', the spacecraft remained in a high elliptical orbit around the Earth due to a technical malfunction that occurred in the propulsion block and gradually approached the planet, ultimately falling to the Earth's surface.
It should be noted that some time ago, the world's media had put forward many speculations about the return of this spacecraft to Earth. Some sources did not rule out the possibility of it falling in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan.
Today's news clarified these speculations and concluded many assumptions regarding the fall of the 'Kosmos-482' spacecraft.
