When fading “Glonass-M” navigation satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region in the third stage “Soyuz-2.1b” carrier rocket has arisen an emergency situation. This was news agency TASS reported citing a source in the space industry.
itself failed on launch vehicle “Soyuz 2.1b” before separating the upper stage “Fregat”, a source told “Interfax” in the rocket space industry. “Engine [rocket] RD-0124 & lt; … & gt; shut down ahead of schedule “, – he said
The upper stage” Fregat “was able to successfully launch a satellite into target orbit” at the expense of its engines, “due to the fact that the unit worked a little longer than necessary.. “Currently, the state commission has been studying the causes of the incident,” – said the source TASS
Launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1b” with the navigation satellite “GLONASS-M” was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on May 29 at 11:45. MSK. Start has been committed combat crews of the Space Forces air and space forces of Russia. This launch “Union-2.1b” is the third in 2016. A few hours after the satellite launch, it became known that he went into orbit at the specified time.
Last fault on a rocket “Soyuz” became known in April 2016. The first launches of carrier rockets “Soyuz-2.1a” from the cosmodrome Vostochny in the morning on April 27, a few minutes before the start of automation gave a retreat. Start was postponed for a day, and on April 28 «Soyuz-2.1a” with three spacecraft successfully launched from the Baikonur East.
After this unsuccessful start-up, Russian President Vladimir Putin reprimanded Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and severe reprimand the head of state corporation “Roscosmos” Igor Komarov. The reason for launching transport “Roskosmos” call deficiencies in the cable .
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