UPDATE May 1: This story was updated to provide a time window when the Azersky/Spot-7 satellite suddenly failed in orbit: between 7:34 pm and 10.48 pm UTC on March 17.
LAMPOLDSHAUSEN, Germany — Azerbaijan’s space agency, Azercosmos, acknowledged the failure of its Azersky optical Earth observation satellite, also known as Spot-7, but said it would continue to serve customers with the twin Spot 6, which is owned by Airbus Defence and Space.
On the heels of the acknowledgement . . .
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