Sich as a satellite

1995-09-13T00:00:00

The Surrey Satellite-built FA SatAlpha failed to separate from its mother satellite, Ukraine's Sich 1, after a delayed launch aboard a Tsyklon booster from Plesetsk on 31 August. The small satellite, built for the Chilean air force, received signals from the ground, but could not respond to them. There was ...

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