Russia orbits small German satellite from Delta IV submarine

Russia became the first nation to place a satellite in orbit from a submerged submarine with the launch Tuesday of a small German research satellite from a Delta IV submarine beneath the Barents Sea. A three-stage Shtil-1 rocket launched the 10-kilogram environmental research satellite "Tubsat-N,"...

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