Russia’s answer to Starlink just lost its first satellite (defence-blog.com)

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Oh no! Whoopsie

The absence of any official government statement about the launch points to the sensitivity surrounding the program, which sits at the intersection of Russia’s commercial space ambitions, its military communications requirements, and the broader contest over satellite-based internet infrastructure that Starlink has made a strategic priority for governments worldwide.

Darn, maybe bullshitting absolutely everything including rocket design doesn't work out in the end?

Maybe shithead oligarchs are too incompetent to be trusted to competently run space programs?

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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Yes it's not the early days of Space X but it is the early days of Russia's Starlink (googling says it's planned for 2035). During Starlink's early days it was "we are learning" and "cost of business". Russia loses one in a test and it's, "they're idiots". That's jingoism.