Loss of recon satellite will be covered by Russian insurers

Russian insurers are planning to pay $2.7 million for an optical reconnaissance satellite lost at launch May 14 that was to combine its military duties with commercial imaging over U.S. territory. The project, nicknamed SPIN-2 (for SPace INformation - 2-meter resolution), called for use of imagers...

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