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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: 2) by KilroySmith on Sunday December 31 2017, @08:10PM (2 children)

    by KilroySmith (2113) on Sunday December 31 2017, @08:10PM (#616193)

    I hate it when tech goes wonky, so I'm happy for Angola (and the Russian engineers) that they were able to establish contact. Now let's see if they can put it into the orbit it's supposed to be in...

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Sunday December 31 2017, @11:46PM (1 child)

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday December 31 2017, @11:46PM (#616266) Journal

    I pretty much called this [soylentnews.org] in the prior story.

    They will have to burn some fuel to get it back to the position they wanted, which may shorten the service life, but it should not be a fatal error. Its not the first time satellites have been delivered to the wrong orbit.

    The only part Angola played in this was lending its name to the bird. They didn't even pay for it. This was an All Russian screw-up from beginning to end.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @12:25AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @12:25AM (#616280)

      Stop crowing, it's unappealing -- based on this more recent report, it was in the right orbit all along, but lost telemetry for some unstated (as yet) reason. Here's the Google Translate link,
          https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://ria.ru/science/20171229/1511961787.html&usg=ALkJrhg00PX_a1PZJT0bapOeZA3REgAuMw [googleusercontent.com]

      "Angosat" was put into orbit by a rocket "Zenith", which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 22.00 Moscow time on December 26. After eight minutes of full-time flight, the Fregat upper stage separated from the rocket, which brought the satellite into the calculated orbit at 06.55 Moscow time on December 27. Later, a source in the space industry told RIA Novosti that the telemetry ceased to arrive from the satellite.

      RSC Energia recognized the loss of communication with the apparatus. From the morning of December 27 until the evening of December 28, experts tried to establish communication with the apparatus in orbit.