Think-Dash: Russia Lost a $45 Million Satellite Because ‘They Didn’t Get the Coordinates Right’

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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Russia Lost a $45 Million Satellite Because ‘They Didn’t Get the Coordinates Right’

In November, Russia lost contact with a 6,062-pound, $45 million satellite. Turns out, that happened because the Meteor-M weather satellite was programmed with the wrong coordinates.

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