Scientists is.ue ‘de.dly’ warning after Soviet
Astronomer Jonathan McDowell has warned that a Soviet-era satellite, Kosmos 482, could crash back to Earth between May 7 and 13. Originally launched in 1972 to study Venus, the satellite failed to escape Earth’s gravity due to an engine malfunction. While most of it burned up during reentry in 1981, McDowell believes a dense, heat-shielded…