Two of the German military's new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit
Briefly

Engineers with OHB tried various solutions, but the German spy satellites' antennas cannot be unfolded post-launch, leaving them non-operational even six months later.
The $800 million three-satellite constellation called SARah, ordered in 2013, faced setbacks as the smaller OHB-built satellites failed to become operational, unlike the first satellite from Airbus.
Read at Ars Technica
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