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Communications restored with newly-launched Angolan satellite

December 29, 2017 Stephen Clark

The Russian manufacturer of Angola’s first communications satellite announced Friday that it has reestablished contact with the spacecraft after engineers stopped receiving signals shortly after its launch earlier this week.

Mission Reports

Controllers lose contact with new Angolan communications satellite

December 26, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Ukrainian-built Zenit booster and a Russian-made Fregat upper stage launched with an Angolan communications satellite Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but engineers lost contact with the spacecraft soon after its deployment in orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.

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  • SpaceX launches Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 12, 2025
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    July 12, 2025
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy picked as Interim NASA Administrator
    July 10, 2025
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