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By Launching an 80-Ton Laser Station Since Baikonur in 1987, the Soviets Literally Took What They Wanted to Set up in Orbit Into the Pacific.

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On May 15, 1987, the largest rocket ever built in the USSR leaves Baikonur with a combat station on the flank. It will never see the orbit, and I have not yet understood why. More
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On May 15, 1987, the largest rocket ever built in the USSR leaves Baikonur with a combat station on the flank. It will never see the orbit, and I have not yet understood why. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Friday, October 23, 2026.
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