Mission type | Weather |
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Operator | Roscosmos/ Roshydromet |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | VNIIEM |
Payload mass | 2,700 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 November 2017 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1b/ Fregat |
Launch site | Vostochny 1S |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Failed launch |
Deactivated | 28 November 2017 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
Meteor-M No.2-1 ( Russian: Метеор-М №2-1), was a Russian satellite, part of Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite. [1] It was launched using Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage on 28 November 2017; the satellite failed to separate from the Fregat and communication was later lost. [2]
The cause of failure was determined to be faulty programming. The satellite was programmed with a launch point of Baikonur Cosmodrome, instead of the Vostochny Cosmodrome [3] causing the satellite to enter an incorrect orbit. [4] This was the second launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, the first civilian launch site in Russia. [5]
In addition to the ₽2.6bn Meteor-M weather satellite, 18 other scientific, research and commercial satellites from Russia, Norway, Sweden, the US, Japan, Canada and Germany were lost as well. [5]