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Russia loses control of Foton-M4 satellite

Submit on Thursday, July 24th, 2014 22:58

Russia’s Progress space firm confirmed that the recently launched Foton-M4 satellite was not responding to commands from the ground to start its onboard engine and lift it to a higher orbit.

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