GLONASS Launch Failed: Satellites Crash

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GLONASS Launch Failed, Three Satellites Crash into Pacific Ocean

December 5, 2010

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The Russian Federal Space Agency announced that the December 5th, 2010 launch of three GLONASS satellites has failed. The three satellites were launched into a non-targeted orbit. Tthe Proton-M rocket was launched with three Glonass-M satellites from Baikonur. According to telemetry, the spacecraft’s cluster was lofted into non-targeted orbit. The Russian Federal Space Agency reported that a "Special Board has been established to find out the cause of the contingency and to defined next steps".
According to a BBS news report, the upper stage and GLONASS-M navigation satellite payload likely crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. BBC news also reported that sources informed them that the launch rocket had deviated by eight degrees from its intended path after launch.
According to the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, incorrect calculations were loaded into the onboard computer missiles. As a result of a rocket engine gave too much momentum that led to the rejection of the ship from its trajectory. It is emphasized that all systems worked according to a given missile program.
The failed launch included a payload containing three GLONASS-M satellites. The new generation GLONASS-K satellite is due to launch later this month on a Soyuz rocket.

Proton Rocket with three GLONASS-M satellites being transported to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan last week
There are currently 20 operational GLONASS satellites, with another four undergoing maintenance and two reserved as spares.

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Russian Glonass Navigation Satellites Crash Into Pacific



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AHN News Staff
Moscow, Russian Federation (AHN) - Russian space agency, Rokosmos, has confirmed that Glonass navigation satellites failed to reach orbit crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
The launch was Russia’s latest attempt to put a satellite navigation system in space to compete with the U.S.’ Global Positioning System.
However, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described the development of Glonass system as of strategic importance in an effort to give technological independence to his country.
According to Russian space agency’s preliminary data, the Proton rocket, which took off from Baikonur at 1:25 p.m. local time failed to reach a proper trajectory. Consequently, the booster rocket could not put the satellites in the intended orbit and it fell back with them into the atmosphere.
In 2008, Rokosmos had said that anti-American nations - Venezuela and Cuba – expressed interest in adopting its new system.
Confirming the loss, Russian Defense Ministry assured that the Sunday's accident would not delay the new positioning system’s rollout.
"There are currently 26 satellites in the Glonass constellation, including two emergency satellites. This allows complete coverage of Russian Federation territory," the ministry said in a statement.
"The Russian space industry's capacity enables us to react rapidly to what's happened," it added.



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