Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite — space industry source

This handout picture provided by Russia’s Roscosmos space agency and taken early on December 27, 2017 shows a Zenit rocket carrying Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola, lifting off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. / AFP / Roscosmos space agency /

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia has lost contact with Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola launched from its Baikonur space pad, a source in the space industry told AFP on Wednesday.

“Contact has temporarily been lost,” the source told AFP by telephone, adding specialists were now looking into the matter.

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