“A ridiculous mistake”: Russian authorities announced the cause of the loss of the satellite

The reason for the failed launch of the Russian satellite meteor-M worth 1.2 billion at the end of November, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin considers “ridiculous mistake” in programming. This is with reference to the official statement broadcast on Rossiya24 says the Agency Voice of America.

In his words, launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome the rocket was programmed, assuming a launch from Baikonur, which it flew off where required.

Meanwhile, the Russian state Corporation Roscosmos could not establish contact with the running the day before yesterday at Baikonur the satellite AngoSat-1. According to a source in the Russian space industry, writes the propaganda online RIA Novosti, the satellite is likely to recognize unhealthy if he will not open the solar panel and restarts.

As told by the media source, originally, the AngoSat project “provided for the establishment of a satellite with a few other electronic components”, but of foreign technology had to change because of Western sanctions for its aggression against Ukraine. “This fact could affect the work Angosta” – believes a source.

As specified in the Russian Federal space Agency, the satellite is created based on the new platform, consisting of components manufactured in Russia.

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28 November 2017 have been unsuccessful start from the cosmodrome “East” in Russia: the satellite meteor-M has not been in contact because the upper stage crashed and burned in the atmosphere. On the same launch vehicle were installed 18 satellites of smaller size, belonging to the scientific, research and commercial companies from Russia, Norway, Sweden, USA, Japan, Canada and Germany.

The first launch from “Vostochny” was held in April 2016: then launch took place for the first timesince the beginning automation has failed.

About a month later, 26 December, from Baikonur, the Russians launched a rocket Zenit-2ЅБ with Angolan satellite, AngoSat, which made contact once, then lost.

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