Russian Satellite Crashed in Siberia?
LWojack@aol.com
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:07:12 EDT
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*** Russian satellite may have crashed
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian military satellite disappeared from radar
screens soon after liftoff Monday and may have crashed in Siberia, a
news report said. A Proton booster rocket blasted off from the
Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan carrying a Raduga-1 satellite Monday
evening. The launch went according to plan, but 10 minutes after the
satellite was placed in its preliminary orbit, it stopped responding
to signals. Interfax later cited an unnamed Defense Ministry official
as saying the satellite probably fell in the Altai region of Siberia,
1,750 miles east of Moscow. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=3D2560190421-99b
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Just curious, if a civilian found the satellite, are they allowed to keep it=
, or is it still the property of the Russians?
Another failed launch for 1999.....
Jonathan
lwojack@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/lwojack/index/
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