. The satellite " meteor-M ", launched on the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur East, not out on the target orbit, reports Roskosmos.

the unit for acceleration "Frigate" and "meteor-M" has been withdrawn to a predetermined intermediate height. However, during the first scheduled communication session with the spacecraft failed to make contact.

Experts analyze the data.

first source Last news in the space industry have suggested that the "Frigate" between separation from the third stage rocket and the first time could be an emergency situation. In this case, the head unit could fall into the ocean near Antarctica.

Today from the Vostochny cosmodrome launched rocket " Soyuz-2. 1B "with" Meteor "and 18 satellites payloads, including" Baumanets-2 ", which was developed by the students of MSTU named after Bauman.

?" Meteor-M " is designed to collect data that is used to forecast the weather.

The current launch was the second in the history of Eastern. The 1st was held in April last year. Then the rocket " Soyuz-2. 1A "delivered into orbit space of the device" Stork-2D ", science, Moscow state University Satellite "Mikhail Lomonosov" and nanosatellite SamSat-218п?.

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