[FPSPACE] Globus satellite mystery

[Phillip Clark]

Globus satellite mysteryHae we ever seen any images of any Raduga satellites?   I kow we had a picture of a Gorizont pubished as being a Raduga once in the 1980s but that's all.

Phillip Clark


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Anatoly Zak 
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  Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:39 PM
  Subject: [FPSPACE] Globus satellite mystery


  If I am not mistaken, Russia has never released photos or drawings of the Raduga-1/Globus-1 satellite, like the one it launched this morning: 

  http://www.russianspaceweb.com/raduga1.html

  Interestingly, we did see a number of official images of the Meridian, another new-generation military comsat:

  http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html

  Giving the fact that Russia made many steps to make its informational policy about military activities in space consistent, I am wondering what is it about Raduga-1/Globus-1, which makes it so shy? Or is it a Meridian an exception?...or maybe paraphrasing Donald Rumsfeld "...it is just one of those inconsistencies..."




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