Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon atmospheric reentry.

A fragment of the Soviet space probe Kosmos 482, launched over 50 years ago, is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere in the coming days. As reported by tech.wp.pl, this remnant—a lander weighing nearly 500 kilograms—was part of a failed mission to Venus and has been orbiting Earth since 1972.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era probe, is reentering Earth this month. Launched in 1972 for a Venus mission, it failed to escape Earth's gravity. Satellite t