Russia Launches Two Imaging Spacecraft

Russia is beginning civilian/military Earth-imaging operations with two new spacecraft, one a Kometa film-return mapping satellite and the other a Monitor electro-optical platform. The Cosmos 2415 Kometa, based on the original Vostok manned spacecraft design, was launched Sept. 2 from the Baikonur...

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