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# Kosmos-482, backup of Venera-8, to fall to Earth between 12 and 14 May after 53 years in orbit
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pochtovye-marki-s-sovetskoi-mezhplanetnoi-avtomaticheskoi-stantsiei-venera-8-kotoraia-dostigla-okrestnostei-venery-22-iiulia-1972-cherez-117-sutok-posle-starta/
- Published: 2025-05-04T11:58:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:43:36.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Geography, Science

Postage stamps with the Soviet interplanetary automatic station "Venera-8", which reached the vicinity of Venus on 22 July 1972, 117 days after launch.

Four days after Venera-8, its backup, an identical station, was launched; it failed to reach departure trajectory and remained in Earth orbit. This station was named "Kosmos-482".

After 53 years in Earth orbit, "Kosmos-482" will finally return: it will fall to Earth on 12-14 May, and, as is supposed, somewhere on the territory of Russia

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_16309@04-05-2025_14-58-16.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_16310@04-05-2025_14-58-16.jpg)