Re-Entry: Soyuz Rocket Stage from ill-fated Kanopus Launch
The Russian Rocket stage that sent the Kanopus-ST on its way in an ill-fated mission last December re-entered the atmosphere on March 16 after a little over three months in orbit.
Read moreThe Russian Rocket stage that sent the Kanopus-ST on its way in an ill-fated mission last December re-entered the atmosphere on March 16 after a little over three months in orbit.
Read moreRussia’s Kanopus ST ocean surveillance satellite met its untimely end over the Atlantic Ocean in the early hours on Tuesday, re-entering the atmosphere along with its Volga upper stage from which the satellite failed to separate after launch. Orbital data released in the overnight hours showed that a piece of debris detached from the spacecraft and re-entered about an hour prior to the parent object.
Read moreThe Russian Volga Upper Stage and Kanopus ST submarine-tracking satellite are rapidly approaching an untargeted destructive re-entry after completing a significant orbit-lowering maneuver in response to the failed separation of the satellite following its arrival in a 690-Kilometer orbit on Saturday.
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