Russia loses a satellite in another setback to its space program

In the latest setback for the Russian space program, one of two defense satellites failed to separate from the Soyuz carrier rocket's upper stage and is believed lost. The Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying two satellites was launched Dec. 5 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Russian north-western Arkhangelsk region. But TASS news agency, citing an unnamed source Monday, acknowledged that the Kanopus-ST satellite "was lost" after “one of the four locks holding the satellite malfunctioned.” More

(Source: Fox News - Dec 8)