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July 01, 2014

Russia loses its last early warning satellite
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2014
The Moscow-based Kommersant newspaper claims citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry that the last satellite of the Oko-1 ballistic missile attack early warning system has been lost. In April, the 71XC satellite codenamed Cosmos-2479 stopped sending signals and became de-facto unmanageable, the source said, adding that attempts to reanimate it had failed. The same month the ministry ordered the satellite to be removed from combat duty. The press service of the Lavochkin Research and ... read more

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