At the headquarters of aerospace defence forces of Russia approved the destruction of the satellite "Canopus-ST". The spacecraft and the block of removal "Volga" burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere.

Russian spacecraft "Canopus-ST", which failed to separate during the launch from the block of deducing, burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere. About this stated the high-ranking source in the headquarters of aerospace defence forces of Russia.

"Now in the morning spacecraft with a block of removal "Volga" entered the atmosphere over the southern part of the Atlantic. They are completely burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere", - quotes TASS of the military. New Russian satellite had to watch for submarines.

The problem happened during startup. 1st milestone has passed in a regular mode - the separation of the calibration sphere happened successfully. However "Canopus-ST" failed to separate from block to disperse wheels and not earned.

As we were informed Days.EN, this 1 unsuccessful startup under military government in 2015. It is noted that earlier the Ministry of defence reported about the successful conclusion of the satellite. Meanwhile, the Russian space Agency has already lost 2 space devices over the past year.

Devices, similar to "Canopus", began to be developed by scientists from the USSR and the United States in the 1980s. Domestic researchers involved in this project for the past 15 years. "According to reliable information from open sources, the main tool of this unit is the radiometer, in this embodiment, the radar with such long waves, which allows you to see through the water layers. The target device did STC "Cosmonet", which is part of JSC "Russian space systems", - said Anatoly Zak, editor of the website russianspaceweb.com.
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