RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 89, Part I, 10 May 2001
RUSSIA NOW WITHOUT A SPY SATELLITE IN ORBIT. According to an article in the 9 May "Jane's Defence Weekly," Russia does not now have a military photo-reconnaissance satellite in orbit. A generation ago, the Soviet Union routinely launched 30 or more such satellites every year, the journal said, but in 1999, only one such satellite was put in orbit, and in 2000, only three. Now, those satellites have been deorbited or are no longer functional. PG
Copyright (c) 2001. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. http://www.rferl.org
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