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posted by janrinok on Friday December 29 2017, @05:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the did-I-program-that...? dept.

Russia Blames Human Error for Loss of Angolan Satellite

Russia's recent rocket launch was programmed with the wrong point of origin:

The loss of a multi-million pound weather mapping satellite was due to programming errors, the Russian deputy prime minister has said. Dmitry Rogozin said Meteor-M had been programmed for take-off from a different space station.

Speaking to Russian state TV, he blamed "human error". "The rocket was programmed as if it was taking off from Baikonur," he told the Rossyia 24 TV channel.

In fact the rocket was actually taking off from new base Vostochny, in the east of the country.

Angola Loses Contact With First Commercial Satellite

AngoSat-1, a communications satellite built for almost $300m, was launched on Tuesday evening from the launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

It was scheduled to work for 15 years and was made to improve telecommunications in the African country. About 50 Angolan aerospace engineers were trained around the world. This crew was supposed to oversee mission from a control centre in Angola.

Earlier this year, Angola made public its long-term plan for its space programme, which envisages a steady expansion in the coming years. It is unclear how a failure of AngoSat-1 will influence that multi-year plan.

Also at Reuters.


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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Saturday December 30 2017, @01:00AM (1 child)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Saturday December 30 2017, @01:00AM (#615693) Journal

    And after his term limit he appoints, er, lets the people vote for their substitute president while he takes a four year sabbatical to wrestle bears while shirtless.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 30 2017, @04:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 30 2017, @04:25AM (#615738)

    What a ridiculous comment. Everyone knows that you have to wrestle bears shirtless or you'll ruin your shirt.