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Look at the event in the Atlantic ocean on this world Event map. Missing Satelite? and why damage level 5? It evolves a militairy satelite, so I was thinking... those are made for miitairy purposes like defence or observations perhaps. What is it doing in the atlantic ocean right now.....
Russia's top military and space official launched a search Tuesday for a missing military satellite that apparently was put into the wrong orbit shortly after its launch. The Russian defence ministry confirmed that it had lost sight of the craft -- a dual-use vessel that can draw a three-dimensional map of the Earth and locate the precise positions of various targets. The incident came just a month after President Dmitry Medvedev sacked two top space officials for a similar setback and delivered another humiliating blow to Russia's much-maligned space industry. The seriousness of the situation was underscored late Tuesday by reports that the defence ministry had set up an urgent joint task force with the Russia's space agency to look for the missing craft. The Geo-IK-2 satellite was created in Russia to help the military survey land and create a detailed three-dimensional map of the Earth. It was designed to spin in a circular orbit 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) above ground. But news reports said that the satellite had been put in an an elliptical orbit whose lowest point brought it to within 330 kilometres of Earth. "We have still not been able to establish contact with the craft, and it looks like most likely, it will be declared lost," a Russian space source said. "The spacecraft will not be able to perform its intended functions at these orbit characteristics," another space official told the news agency. Reports pointed the initial blame for the failure on the satellite's Briz-KM upper stage rocket. The satellite's launch had already been delayed from December because of technical malfunctions that were detected at its northern Russian launch site in Plesetsk. Tuesday's malfunction came less than five weeks after Medvedev fired two top space officials and reprimanded the space agency chief for a launch failure caused Russia to delay the deployment of its own navigation system. Russia's Proton-M rocket had on that occasion proven too heavy to reach its initial orbit and had been forced to dump its three high-tech Glonass-M satellites near the Hawaii Islands. Investigators said that accident was caused by a basic fuel miscalculation that made the craft too heavy to reach its required height. The three Glonass satellites would have completed a system whose research had been started by the Soviet Union in 1976.
Russia has ordered a search for a missing military satellite that apparently was put into the wrong orbit shortly after launch today.
Russia has ordered a search for a missing military satellite that apparently was put into the wrong orbit shortly after launch today.
Russian news agencies say the defense ministry and the Russian space agency have set up a joint task force to look for the missing craft. There was no independent confirmation of the report.
The Geo-IK-2 satellite was intended to help the military survey land and to produce a detailed three-dimensional map of the earth.
The incident comes a month after President Dmitry Medvedev sacked two top space officials for a similar setback and delivered another humiliating blow to Russia's space industry.
Originally posted by Erasurehead
I think the damage level is 0 not 5.
Originally posted by Erasurehead
reply to post by indunedain
That's a cool link you posted. I never saw that before. There is a biohazard reported in Arkansas. More dead fish in the Arkansas river.
Very interesting stuff. Thanks for posting.
Originally posted by youthsavior
Is it common for that site to have a large amount of disasters and emergencies?
Originally posted by chr0naut
reply to post by indunedain
Hi, it's Australia, not Austria. Austria is part of Europe. Australia is a continent on its own.
Regards
Originally posted by indunedain
Missing my wallet,, okay... but a whole Satelite ?