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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/russia-loses-contact-satellite-geckos
Russia loses contact with satellite full of geckos
Photon-M satellite and five reptiles on board will be lost unless contact can be re-established, says space industry source
Russian mission control has lost contact with a satellite full of geckos slated to participate in a weightlessness experiment, in the latest setback for the country's space industry.
The Photon-M satellite and its reptile crew will probably be lost and fall from orbit in a few months unless specialists can re-establish communications with it, a source in the space industry told Interfax news agency. The four female and one male gecko on board will die from hunger within two and a half months or earlier if the craft's life-support systems are also disrupted, the source said.
Russia loses contact with satellite full of geckos
Photon-M satellite and five reptiles on board will be lost unless contact can be re-established, says space industry source
Russian mission control has lost contact with a satellite full of geckos slated to participate in a weightlessness experiment, in the latest setback for the country's space industry.
The Photon-M satellite and its reptile crew will probably be lost and fall from orbit in a few months unless specialists can re-establish communications with it, a source in the space industry told Interfax news agency. The four female and one male gecko on board will die from hunger within two and a half months or earlier if the craft's life-support systems are also disrupted, the source said.
