Kosmos 482 was meant to explore Venus, but became an accidental satellite. Everything to know about the Soviet Venus probe and where it could fall.

Experts say the Venus-bound probe's durable design could allow it to survive reentry, posing a small risk to populated areas.

After more than five decades silently orbiting our planet, a relic of the Cold War space race is making a dramatic and fiery return to Earth. Kosmos 482, a failed Soviet Venus probe launched in 1972,