[HN Gopher] Cosmos 482 Descent Craft tracker
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       Cosmos 482 Descent Craft tracker
        
       Author : Kaibeezy
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2025-05-10 08:45 UTC (14 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (astria.tacc.utexas.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (astria.tacc.utexas.edu)
        
       | WalterGR wrote:
       | This almost certainly just shows its usual orbit. I've had no
       | luck finding a source of real-time info.
       | 
       | The European Space Agency (ESA) publishes occasional updates
       | here: https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2025/05/07/reentry-
       | predi... . The most recent one is from about 1h20m ago:
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       | "10 May 09:56 CEST. As the descent craft was not spotted by radar
       | over Germany at the expected 07:32 UTC / 09:32 CEST pass, it is
       | most likely that the reentry has already occurred."
       | 
       | This was published about 20 minutes ago, but basically just
       | quotes ESA:
       | 
       | "Kosmos-482: Out-of-control Russian spacecraft probably just fell
       | to Earth, experts say"
       | https://www.independent.co.uk/space/kosmos-482-russian-space...
        
         | Kaibeezy wrote:
         | Yeah, frustrating. I posted it when I found it because it
         | looked so promising, then was disappointed to find the data was
         | delayed like everyone else's. So many pretty dots though.
         | 
         | I was going to update the post and then the cat yakked, which
         | is similar, not the same, yet far more impactful on my personal
         | space, gnome sane?
        
       | _kb wrote:
       | More discussion here:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43942194
        
       | dchest wrote:
       | "According to calculations by specialists from TsNIIMash (part of
       | Roscosmos), the spacecraft entered the dense layers of the
       | atmosphere at 9:24 Moscow time, 560 km west of Middle Andaman
       | Island, and fell in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta."
       | 
       | https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/17407
        
         | RetroTechie wrote:
         | Pretty deep ocean around there. So, probably no search party?
        
       | teamonkey wrote:
       | This site was tracking the satellite's path based on reported
       | visual observations.
       | 
       | https://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=6073#TOP
        
       | emmelaich wrote:
       | https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=6073 was tracking it but then
       | got overloaded (mysql connection errors). But now shows it no
       | longer in orbit.
        
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