The Soviet reconnaissance satellite “Tselina-D” disappeared from the radar

2017-12-20 08:03

The Soviet reconnaissance satellite “Tselina-D” disappeared from the radar
Military satellite stopped monitored 17 Dec at 19:39 Kyiv time.

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The Soviet reconnaissance satellite “Tselina-D” disappeared from radar over the territory of South America and probably fell into the Pacific ocean, reports Rus.Media. This is according to the Command of the aerospace defense of North America.

Military satellite stopped monitored 17 Dec at 19:39 Kyiv time. This should mean that the aircraft finally descended from orbit and fell into the Pacific ocean.

The disappearance of the “Virgin-E” radar also drew the attention of scientist from the Harvard-Smithsonian center for astrophysics. Jonathan McDowell wrote in his Twitter account that the last time the location of the reconnaissance satellite was on its way from the Antarctic.

“Tselina-D” (“Kosmos-1346”) was designed Ukrainian CB “South” to them. Yangel and launched on 31 March 1982 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.

Experts from the command of the aerospace defense of North America have repeatedly reported on the possible fall of the “Virgin-E”. According to forecasts of American scientists, which are not burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere fragments of the reconnaissance satellite could reach earth’s surface 4 and 25 November 2017.