<ul><li>An out-of-control Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, which launched in 1972 and was intended for Venus, crash-landed back on Earth.</li><li>The descent capsule of Kosmos 482, designed to withstand intense heat, may have broken up over the Indian Ocean according to Roscosmos and Nasa.</li><li>The exact landing site of the spacecraft is uncertain, with predictions pointing to the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, but a potential wide window of landing sites include southern England.</li><li>European Space Agency confirms the satellite decayed within the estimated re-entry window, with no visual observation of the final re-entry pointing towards a possible ocean landing.</li></ul>

Huge chunk of Soviet rocket may have broken up over southern England

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