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| Mission type | Weather |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos/Roshydromet |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | VNIIEM |
| Payload mass | 2,700 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 November 2017 (2017-11-28Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
| Launch site | Vostochny 1S |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Failed launch |
| Deactivated | 28 November 2017 (2017-11-29Z) UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Meteor← Meteor-M No.2Meteor-M No.2-2 → | |
Meteor-M No.2-1 (Russian: Метеор-М №2-1), was a Russian satellite, part of Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite. 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.
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 causing the satellite to enter an incorrect orbit. This was the second launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, the first civilian launch site in Russia.
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.
References
- SOYUZ 2-1B • METEOR-M NO. 2-1.
- Andrew Griffin (28 November 2017). "Russia loses contact with Meteor satellite launched hours earlier, says space agency". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12.
- Howell, Elizabeth (4 January 2018). "Russia Lost a $45 Million Weather Satellite Due to Human Error, Official Says". Space.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- Foust, Jeff (28 November 2017). "Russia Loses Contact with Satellites After Soyuz Rocket Launch". Space.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Russian satellite lost after being set to launch from wrong spaceport". the Guardian. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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