As a sidebar to any Yuri's Night celebrations in Ottawa-Gatineau this year...

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Despite the phrasing of the opening headline of this particular CBC news article, I notice this particular detail about Radarsat-1: it lasted twelve years longer than planned or expected.

The people who built this satellite did Very Good Work.

Thank you all.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/04/09/technology-radarsat-1-problem.html

Happy Gagarin Day!
Happy Yuri's Night!