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Russia Restores Contact With AngoSat-1

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday December 31 2017, @06:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

takyon writes:

Russia Restores Contact With AngoSat-1 Satellite

Russia has stated that it has restored contact with Angola's first satellite, AngoSat-1, that was launched by a Zenit rocket on Tuesday, December 26, 2017.

According to RSC Energia, which manufactured the satellite and controls its operations in space, its operators worked on the issue and on Thursday, Dec. 28, telemetry data indicated that the spacecraft's systems are operating normally.

"Experts from the Energia Corporation have received telemetry data from the AngoSat satellite launched by the Zenit-3SLBF space rocket from the Baikonur spaceport on December 26. The satellite has provided telemetry data showing that all its systems settings are in order," RSC Energia said in a statement.

Also at Satellite Today.

Previously: Angola's First Communications Satellite Lifts Off from Kazakhstan
Russia Blames Human Error for Loss of Angolan Satellite

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @07:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @07:04PM (#616182)

    From the Satellite Today link,
    > Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said this week that the spacecraft’s azimuth coordinates were programmed for a launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, not Vostochny. Roscosmos, however, rejected Rogozin’s claim, stating that the accident was caused by “a combination of several parameters,” according to Russian media outlet RIA Novosti.