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Russia Launches, Loses, Finds Military Satellite
eldavojohn writes "According to Interfax reports, a GEO-IK-2 spacecraft launched yesterday from Plesetsk went missing hours after launch. Its intended purpose is to measure specific curvature of the Earth to aid Russia's military in building excellent 3D maps. Early today, Russia announced that they found it, but unfortunately it's in the wrong orbit. China's state media called the launch 'successful.' Reuters reminds us of a GLONASS mishap, which resulted in Medvedev firing two top space officials."
In *old* Soviet Russia, satellite find you.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Most excellent maps!! Woahhh!!
Maybe the CHP will give it a ticket.
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Not another imperial / metric mess up of units?
Take Nobody's Word For It.
FTFA:
The incident follows the loss of three GLONASS navigation satellites that crashed into the sea in December provoking outrage from the Kremlin, which is trying to build Russian technological independence.
Ironic, coming from the country that launched the first artificial satellite.
Blessing just didn't work
How the hell do they expect to make accurate 3D maps if they can't even keep track of the satellite's own position?!
Of course China would call the missing Russia launch successful when compared to their own space program. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test
- Anything that can be put in a nutshell should remain there.
That's awsome, dremon!
They brought out their voodoo priest to bless what some would argue is the epitome of Science! .
Silly humans, rocket does not care about your ignorant superstitions!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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How the hell do they expect to make accurate 3D maps if they can't even keep track of the satellite's own position?!
They plan on using magnets.
The satellite aids Russia's military in building a most excellent 3D map. Then the satellite was lost, totally bogus. Then is was found again, party on dudes!
Well, if Chinese state media reports it, it must be true!
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Maybe another government found the satellite and that has something to do with it disappearing for a while.
I don't understand how they're having such failures when it appears they're the only ones who can continue to supply and change crew at the ISS when the Space Shuttle is done; and most of the supplying has been done by them for a while. I realize it's probably totally different rockets, but you think they could go from "most reliable rocket" to something other than three or four mishaps.
Of course they lost it. The earth is flat and the satellite just went over the edge for a while.
Have gnu, will travel.
in sovjet russia, you find spy satelite.
The incident follows the loss of three GLONASS navigation satellites that crashed into the sea in December provoking outrage from the Kremlin, which is trying to build Russian technological independence
Wow how hard can this be? It's not like it's rocket scien.. Oh wait.....
From the wikipedia. " ... when you come to within three miles (5 km), you've rendezvoused. If anybody thinks they've pulled a rendezvous off at three miles (5 km), have fun! This is when we started doing our work. I don't think rendezvous is over until you are stopped - completely stopped - with no relative motion between the two vehicles, at a range of approximately 120 feet (37 m). That's rendezvous! From there on, it's stationkeeping. That's when you can go back and play the game of driving a car or driving an airplane or pushing a skateboard — it's about that simple."[2]
First successful rendezvous
Gemini 7 photographed from Gemini 6 in 1965
Rendezvous was first successfully accomplished by US astronaut Wally Schirra on December 15, 1965, who maneuvered the Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of its sister craft Gemini 7. The spacecraft were not equipped to dock with each other, but maintained station-keeping for more than 20 minutes. Schirra later commented:
"Somebody said
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First satellite yes, first man yes, first woman yes, space rendezvous? I would say not so much. And the first automated sample return from the moon was well after first sample return from the moon and the first manned landing. The Venus probes also a yes. They did a lot but don't give them false credit. I wouldn't give the US criedit for the first man in space based on the X-2, X-15 or a balloon flight.
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China's state media called the launch 'successful.'
Perhaps the Russian satellite just got owned by the PRC?
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and the story put out about the wrong orbit, is just a cover for placing a spy satellite up. it is actually probably in the exact orbit they intended it to be.
Problem?
| yes
1. Fire top TWO space agency officials
2. Promote new officials
3. Make another satellite
4. Launch
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Problem again? Go to step 1.
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You fucking BROKE IT. Idiots.
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That is the medvedev algorithm
The Putin version is:
Problem?
| yes
1. Invite top twp space agency officials for a conversation
2. Talk to them quietly
3. Make another satellite
4. Launch
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Problem again? You really do not want to know what the step is. That is why usually it never happens.
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