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Launch of Russia’s orbital observatory delayed

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Aug 30, 2010 18:41 Moscow Time
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Blast of the first Russia's Spektr R orbital observatory will be postponed for a year due to a fire at a mission -control center which damaged the main antenna , said an official from the Moscow-region space center.

The Spektr R is a part of  joint  RadioAstron project which is to study solar wind,  the interplanetary magnetic field, black holes and neutron stars .

 

 

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