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KYIV. January 12th UNN. The Russian Spectrum-R orbital telescope of the Astron Radio Project has ceased to come into contact with the Earth, said one of the Russian newspapers, the head of the scientific program Yuri Kovalev, reports UNN .
The specialists of the NGO Lavochkin do not receive an appropriate satellite response from 10 am (Kiev time) on January 10.
From that moment, scientists organized three freelance communication sessions in Ussuriysk and Bear Lakes, without contacting the "Spectrum-R". However, based on the latest telemetry information received, specialists confirmed that the device was "more likely to be alive."
"Even in the absence of communication, it was possible to know that the device was alive, that there was current on board, that the scientific equipment was alive, that the radiocomplex very It seems that everything is going well with the satellite and the problem is that the transmitter does not turn on the team from the Earth.Now the NVO them, Lavochkin is engaged in solving this problem. " Kovalev said.
"Spectrum-R", launched in orbit in 2011, is part of the international project "Radioastron". The program is intended for basic research of the universe. This should have lasted five years, but thanks to the orbital correction, the life of the device has been extended.
Remember that the Dragon spacecraft will return for the first time from the ISS to Earth during the night.
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