Russia kicks off 'Little LEO' Gonets system

Russia kicked off its Gonets data relay system Sunday with a launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome that its backers hope will someday lead to a Russian version of the "Big LEO" Iridium and Globalstar low Earth orbit communications networks. Liftoff of the Tsiklon-3 launcher carrying three Gonets D-1...

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