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Friday, May 05, 2006

Russian Spies Back into Orbit
A Soyuz-U rocket lifted a Kobalt-M optical reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Wednesday night.

It was rushed into service after the last operational satellite, US-PU, service life ended last month.

Russia will next month lauch Resurs-DK, an optical and electronic reconnaissance satellite, and US-PU, a naval radiotechnical reconnaissance satellite as well.

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