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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Niva Yadav

Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 due to crash into Earth this week – what is the probe and where could it hit?

A failed Soviet satellite, dubbed Kosmos 482, is due to hurtle back into Earth after 52 years in space - with London touted as a possible destination.

The UK capital is just one of the 26 cities listed as being potentially in the firing line of the spacecraft’s re-entry to Earth. Also on the list is Algiers, Durban, Salvador, Hiroshima, and Bucharest.

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