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Russian Military Satellite Fails to Separate From Booster Rocket (Iran satellite on-board failed)
"RIA Novosti" ^
| 28.10.2005
Posted on 10/28/2005 5:30:29 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
The Russian military satellite Mozhayets-5 that was launched on Thursday failed to separate from its booster rocket Kosmos-3M.
The satellite is currently rotating in a near-earth orbit with the booster’s third stage and is sending no signals to Earth.
Officials say there was no emergency situation during the launch. All the other seven satellites were orbited successfully.
The booster was launched from the Plesetsk space center. The rocket also carried the Iranian Sina-1, China’s DMC, Norway’s NCube-2, the European Space Agency’s SSYTI Express, the UK’s TopSat, Germany’s UWE-1, and Japan’s XI-V.
The launch of the Chinese-origin Sina had been twice postponed because of technical difficulties. Sources said Iran failed to complete the Sina on schedule.
The problems with Mozhayets-5 follow the loss of a high-profile European space vehicle earlier this month and other recent failures which have made this month one of the most troublesome periods for the nation’s space program.
The European Space Agency’s CryoSat satellite was lost on Oct. 8 due to the failure of a Russian Rokot booster, dealing a major blow to the ESA, which had hoped to conduct a three-year mapping of Earth’s polar ice caps and provide more reliable data for the study of global warming.
Also this month scientists failed to recover another experimental space vehicle and lost contact with a Russian Earth-monitoring satellite.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: china; earth; global; iran; military; orbit; russia; russianmilitary; satellite; sina; space; terrorism; wherewillitfall
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To: F14 Pilot
21
posted on
10/28/2005 5:52:32 PM PDT
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: Made in USA
I was really afraid it could have crashed on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's house and killed him.
That would have been awful.
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:53:03 PM PDT
by
Jorge
(Q)
To: F14 Pilot
To: ordinaryguy
Good point.
The commentary in the headline appears to be inaccurate.
24
posted on
10/28/2005 5:58:58 PM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: F14 Pilot
They must have forgotten to put a Koran in the satellite.
I'm sure Allah would frown on this oversight.
25
posted on
10/28/2005 6:03:38 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad...Jihadn't.)
To: F14 Pilot
LOL! I'm assuming that's an Iranian satellite recovery team.
To: F14 Pilot
27
posted on
10/28/2005 6:10:25 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Ann Coulter, Bill Maher's new cleaning lady, is unqualified for SCOTUS!)
To: Ben Hecks
28
posted on
10/28/2005 6:11:16 PM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot
This whole thing about an Iranian satellite must be a hoax. How could they be putting satellites into orbit when it doens't jive with the Muslim world's desire to take the whole world back to the 7th century?
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posted on
10/28/2005 6:11:50 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: ordinaryguy; Admin Moderator
All the other seven satellites were orbited successfully.
The rocket also carried the Iranian Sina-1,
Looks like we need a title correction here on this thread.
To: Leapfrog
Allah FUBAR.........Oh, hilarious!!!
31
posted on
10/28/2005 6:15:53 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Fitzgerald is a Lawrence Walsh wannabe)
To: F14 Pilot
To: Ben Hecks; F14 Pilot
"LOL! I'm assuming that's an Iranian satellite recovery team."
Beat me to it. heh heh.
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posted on
10/28/2005 6:28:11 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: Ben Hecks
"LOL! I'm assuming that's an Iranian satellite recovery team.
I thought he was looking for Israeli submarines.
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posted on
10/28/2005 6:38:53 PM PDT
by
takbodan
(.)
To: F14 Pilot
I know the Allah FUBAR crowd is enjoying this, but this would only be funny if the Russians were considered our ENEMIES, too.
To: Becki; mickie; Dog; Deetes; Gucho; iso; ravingnutter; Straight Vermonter; TexKat; DoctorZIn; ...
36
posted on
10/28/2005 6:58:30 PM PDT
by
Wiz
To: Wiz
Bump - Thanks for the ping.
37
posted on
10/28/2005 7:01:42 PM PDT
by
Gucho
To: F14 Pilot
I am no sailor, and I know that is not how to hold a rope.
(But I have thrown a few from a horse.)
38
posted on
10/28/2005 7:12:36 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: OldFriend
Allah FUBAR.........Oh, hilarious!!!
Ditto!
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posted on
10/28/2005 7:17:35 PM PDT
by
DAC22
To: melt
"They must have forgotten to put a Koran in the satellite. I'm sure Allah would frown on this oversight."
And another Iranian "pork" barrel project bites the dust.
Allah, allah akbar fubar!
40
posted on
10/28/2005 7:20:30 PM PDT
by
Skywarner
(The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
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