Cosmos-482 Landing Capsule (Intended Venera Spacecraft stuck in Earth Orbit for 53 Years)
Taken by Ralf Vandebergh on November 11, 2025 @
The Netherlands
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I can't help but feel that we can even see a little of the capsule's shape in these images. These are a little more sharpened versions. Images taken using a 0.25m (25cm) telescope secondary focus.
It's actually quite special to have these external images of a Venera lander(Cosmos-482 captured in june 2014 in orbit around the Earth), as the capsule would have been seen by an imaginary person on the Venusian surface during its descent. These must be the only images showing a Venera landing capsule from outside in space (apart from onboard cameras). If this failed mission hadn't happened, these kinds of images would never have existed, because the capsule wouldn't have remained in orbit for 53 years, making it possible to photograph it from Earth with current technology.
Ralf Vandebergh
Photographer's website:
https://satellite-imaging.jouwweb.nl/selected-project-samples-best-works
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