Half-tonne piece of Soviet rocket may have crashed through atmosphere over south of England
A heat-protected capsule that the USSR had intended to reach Venus was on a collision path with Earth.
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Six organisations mapped the rocket's location to various points around the globe. Pic: Dr Marco Langbroek
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Cosmos 482, then called Verena 4, being prepared. Pic: Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/Getty
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