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Coronas-F satellite finishes its orbital mission

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MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Coronas-F satellite finished its orbital mission Tuesday and almost completely disintegrated after reentering the Earth's atmosphere, a Russian Space Agency official said Wednesday.

"According to the agency's information center, the fragments of the spacecraft that did not burn upon reentry plunged into the Pacific at 20:34 Moscow time [5:34p.m GMT]," Vyacheslav Davidenko said.

More than 50 spacecraft belonging to various countries are removed from orbit every year, he said.

"The agency regarded the situation as ordinary," Davidenko said.

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