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Old October 28th 05, 08:19 PM
snidely
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Default Russkian satellite fails to reach orbit

AP is reporting that a Russian satellite went missing after launch;
other satellites on the same launcher doing okay:

quote
The Mozhayets-5 satellite, intended for optical experiments, was
launched Thursday by the Kosmos-3M booster rocket from the northern
Plesetsk cosmodrome. Space officials have lost contact with the
satellite, which failed to enter its planned orbit, the ITAR-Tass,
Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies reported.
/quote

see http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1258609 for
instance.

/dps