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Proton launches European made comms sat Ekspress-AMU1

Capt'n Midnight · 2015-12-26 01:21:07

http://russianspaceweb.com/ekspress-amu1.html Interesting the way the satellite has one solar panel at right angles, I'm guessing this is a backup in case it gets stuck with the panels edge on ?

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http://russianspaceweb.com/ekspress-amu1.html

Interesting the way the satellite has one solar panel at right angles, I'm guessing this is a backup in case it gets stuck with the panels edge on ?

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