MAYAK SATELLITE FAILS TO DEPLAY REFLECTORS

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I was really looking forward to this thing. People would think its a ufo or idk whatever it was supposed to outshine Venus and the ISS.

I think it still inspired some of us to keep trying to put Artificial Satellites into orbit for low cost $10,000-$30,000 as part of other packages on a Russian Rocket (maybe soon space x?)

But since it didn't like super shine or anything then we probably inspired less people :(

http://spaceflight101.com/soyuz-kanopus-v-ik/mayak-lighthouse-in-the-sky-fails-to-deploy-solar-reflector/

https://www.inverse.com/article/35415-russian-bright-star-satellite-mayak-fails-after-launch-to-space

http://www.newsweek.com/mayak-satellite-why-have-russia-sent-new-star-sky-641572

Its pretty cool still you can look at the plans in a online interactive 3D display on the official site but its all in Russian.

http://cosmomayak.com/
my little vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiB73sOXGVc