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Russia Launches Kondor Satellite From Doomsday Bunker

Russia Launches Kondor Satellite From Doomsday Bunker

In a setting straight out of a Bond movie, or Star Trek : First Contact,  in  a remote setting, a long dormant missile silo opened its massive protective steel door yesterday, making way for the launch of a missile designed to carry nuclear destruction on  global scale.  Moments later, it was on the way to its destination.  On […]

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Russian Space :  New Year, Old Problems?

Russian Space : New Year, Old Problems?

Source: Russianspaceweb.com The year 2012 was a difficult one for the Russian space program, which ended on a sour note when its workhorse Proton boosted placed a Yamal-402 satellite  in the wrong orbit.  It was eventually boosted to the correct orbit using onboard fuel, albeit at a cost to its expected lifespan.  This came on the heals of […]

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