The Cosmos-482 spacecraft ceased to exist, left orbit and fell in the Indian Ocean. This is stated in the message of the Russian State Corporation “Roscosmos”.
“The space apparatus of Cosmos -482 launched in 1972 ceased to exist by setting off the orbit and falling in the Indian Ocean.
In accordance with the calculations of the specialists of the Central Department Store (included in Roscosmos), the device entered the dense layers of the atmosphere at 9:24 Moscow time 560 km west of the Middle Andaman and fell in the Indian ocean west of Jakarta.
The device was launched in the spring of 1972 for the study of Venus, but due to the malfunction of the accelerated unit remained in the high elliptical orbit of the Earth, gradually approaching the planet.