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November 19, 2012

Russian Civil Satellite Links Lost After Cable Cut
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 15, 2012
A severed communications cable in the Moscow region on Wednesday has rendered Russian specialists unable to control most of the country's civilian satellites, a source in the space industry said. "Communications have been lost between civilian ground-based tracking, command and control stations," the source told RIA Novosti. It will take at least 48 hours to fix the problem, the source said. The emergency has not affected communications with the Russian segment of the International Spa ... read more

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