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Russian Experts Say U.S. Destroyed
Russian Research Satellite
Mos
News
Thursday April 5, 2007
Russian space experts believe that the Untied States may have
used an anti-satellite weapon last month to destroy a small Russian
research satellite, the Interfax news agency reports.
The satellite was a small spacecraft built and launched for Moscow
State University to monitor space radiation. The probe, nicknamed
Universitetsky or Tatiana, was launched as a payload in January
2005 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
“According to some Russian experts, chances are high that
the satellite fell victim to U.S. experiments in ray influence on
spacecraft,” an unnamed Russian expert was quoted as saying.
The speculation is based on the timing of the satellite’s
failure. The satellite stopped functioning on March 7, and the United
States was conducting a military experiment at about the same time.
It is reported that Tatiana stopped sending signals suddenly. In
addition, the satellite failure did not involve an actual breakup
of the spacecraft.
Another space expert said that the sudden failure of the satellite
could be connected with the missile launch from the U.S. territory
on March 7.
U.S. military officials immediately dismissed the claim that the
Pentagon intentionally crippled the satellite.
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