Russia launches three satellites, logs 3,000th spacecraft

Russian Space Forces launched three spacecraft belonging to three nations-Russia, Ukraine and Chile-in two launches over the night of Aug. 30-31, with a fluke of scheduling making the Chilean platform the 3,000th satellite orbited by the Russian space program and its Soviet predecessor. First up was...

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