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Japan lost a 5-ton navigation satellite when it fell off a rocket during launch (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] issphitikozs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What sort of standards are these uh satellites built to?

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, very rigorous maritime engineering standards

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

such as?

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Well, the front’s not supposed to fall off, for a start.