Russia Launches, Loses, Finds Military Satellite 88
eldavojohn writes "According to Interfax reports, a GEO-IK-2 spacecraft launched yesterday from Plesetsk went missing hours after launch. Its intended purpose is to measure specific curvature of the Earth to aid Russia's military in building excellent 3D maps. Early today, Russia announced that they found it, but unfortunately it's in the wrong orbit. China's state media called the launch 'successful.' Reuters reminds us of a GLONASS mishap, which resulted in Medvedev firing two top space officials."
Re:Technological independence (Score:2, Interesting)
Not only that, but the first man in orbit, first woman in orbit, space rendez-vous, first pictures of the dark side of the moon, first automated sample return from the moon, etc... Venus probes, you name it. I like Russians.
It's not their fault (Score:5, Interesting)