Less than two months after losing three satellites in the ocean, Russia’s apparently lost yet another one. Russian satellite feared stranded by rocket mishap Russia is struggling to contact a military research satellite believed stranded in a low orbit by a rocket failure, according to Russian media reports. The spacecraft lifted off on a Rockot [...]
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