Russian Launch Places Dual-use Satellite In Wrong Orbit
MOSCOW — Russia’s Space Forces on May 22 launched a Meridian military/civilian communications satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, although an apparent booster stage failure placed it in an incorrect orbit. The Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with Fregat upper stage delivered the spacecraft to a high...
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