The Kosmos 482 probe, a relic from the first Space Race, crashed harmlessly into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia at 2:24 a.m. EDT (6:24 a.m. GMT), the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced on Telegram.
My own plot of the final orbit, showing the Roskosmos estimate of the path between reentry and impact in purple. I guess that Kosmos-482 SA reentered somewhere along this track between India and the ocean south of Australia.
It doesn't look southwest enough to have hit R4. Looks like mostly S4, maybe extending a bit into S3 or R3.
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
In case anyone is curious, I used the Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection.
sockman@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
What if it lands in Greenland?
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
It can't. Kosmos 482's orbital inclination keeps it between 52 degrees north and south latitude, so it won't land near the polar regions.
Notso@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
The US will occupy Greenland to protect it from further russian spacecraft attacks.
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1y
C4, if the Pacific is always said to be huge then I feel it's a good place to pick
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Q1!
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Ah, the "
Achievement get! Return to Sender" scenario.clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
huh, I didn't notice there were two Q1s on the map.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
...
I have no idea how that happened. Thanks for pointing it out.
Edit: Fixed.
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PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
G1.
The first strike on DC from beyond the grave.
SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I'll take G2 and hope the US president's residential hellhole is wiped off the map.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
V1, probably killing all the plants I'm trying to grow.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
From https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/soviet-spacecraft-kosmos-482-crashes-back-to-earth-disappearing-into-indian-ocean-after-53-years-in-orbit
So my guess would be it hit R4 or S4, maybe?
(For clarity, my initial guess was V1 purely to spite me)
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
The Orbital Police Officer has spoken: https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social
It doesn't look southwest enough to have hit R4. Looks like mostly S4, maybe extending a bit into S3 or R3.
@spicyspaceelephant@lemm.ee, I think you were closest!
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
You betcha. Mark me down for the return to sender though, please!
spicyspaceelephant@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
R4
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
v6 (totally not because i want it to happen)
burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
D1, breaking in half to cleanly knock out out Kuiper and Starlink production near Seattle
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
Hope it lands on my head.
M1
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
O2
Blan@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Has to be P3
Shawdow194@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
H2
You always end up in Bermuda...
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Hmmm W2.
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
K3