Marco Langbroek
Lecturer in optical Space Situational Awareness at Delft Technical University, faculty of Aerospace. Spy sats, missiles, meteorites, asteroids. Asteroid (183294). Lapsed Archaeologist (PhD). Rowing. CFS. Opinions my own.
blog: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.c
- Serious conflicts of interest here (not surprisingly): www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- 1/x New #update on the #reentry forecast of the #Kosmos 482 Descent Craft, with new orbital data, from our TU Delft TUDAT model: 10 May 7:34 +/- 10.6 hr UTC Link to blogpost with more details: sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/04/kosm...
- 1/x Our newest TUDAT #reentry model results for the #Kosmos 482 Descent Craft, the lander of a 53-year-old failed Soviet Venus probe. Current forecast: 10 May 7:34 UTC +/- 14h (note the still 28 hour uncertainty window!) See updated blogpost for details: sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/04/kosm...
- New day, new #reentry forecast for the #Kosmos 482 Descent Craft, a failed 1972 Soviet Venus lander set to reenter in a few days. Latest #TUDAT reentry forecast: 10 May +/- 21h (nominal: 7:51 UTC +/- 20.6h). Details in blogpost: sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/04/kosm...