The latest military satellite, about the problems in which it became known on December 6 was created over 10 years. It is expected that in a few days he will come out of orbit and will explode when entering the Earth’s atmosphere, wrote on Monday, December 7, “Kommersant”, citing informed sources.
According to the newspaper, problems arose with the satellite remote sensing “Canopus-ST”. It was created as a unit and dual-use planning to launch as early as 2011, but handed over to the customer – the Defense Ministry of Russia – only in 2014. In addition to ocean remote sensing satellite was supposed to cover the surface and underwater conditions and to detect submarines.
The priority version of the state of emergency as found “Kommersant”, a specially created inter-ministerial commission considers version fault fastening the upper stage and spacecraft that are not opened during. Although the satellite is still functioning, de facto, it is lost. “After two or three days of satellite and razgonnik enter the atmosphere, where it will explode” – said a source in the commission, noting that the Earth debris fly should not.
In this case, if the pre-release version is confirmed, flight test program carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1V”, with which the device put into orbit without breaking, and start-up is likely to be counted as successful.
6 December RIA Novosti reported that one of the Russian military satellites launched on December 5, is not separated from the upper stage “Volga”, in connection with which he addressed the issue of flooding.
«Soyuz-2.1V” two military satellites launched during the day on December 5 from Plesetsk . Ministry of Defense reported that the removal unit “Volga” in normal mode separated from the second stage rocket. Later it was reported that derived in the estimated time to orbit two military satellites have contacted and are functioning normally.
It was the second launch rocket easy class, the first was held in December 2013.
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