The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Saturday have “lost” the Mexican satellite Mexsat-1, when a glitch in the launch of the carrier rocket, The second problem with the Russian space program in 24 hours .
“When launching the rocket Proton-M with the Mexsat-1 satellite, there was an emergency. are being identified reasons,” Roscosmos said in a statement.
Roscosmos “. The Mexican satellite is lost launches will be suspended until it identifies the reason”
A space agency source told RIA Novosti that lost communication with the rocket a minute before the satellite telecommunications should be separated from the third stage of the Proton-M.
According to the source, is not the satellite separated from the rocket, so you could not work.
“The Mexican satellite is lost Proton rocket type are suspended until it identifies the reason “the fault, the source said Roscosmos
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This is the area where the remains of the rocket fell and the Mexican satellite Centenario
The launch took place at 5:47 GMT from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Fragments of the rocket containing several tons of toxic fuel, fell in the region of Chita, Siberia, although most disintegrated in the atmosphere, sources with the space agency.
The third floor of the rocket Proton-M with the Briz-M upper floor and Mexican satellite fell in the region of Chita “
” According to confirmed data, the third floor of rocket Proton-M with the Briz-M upper floor and Mexican satellite fell in the region of Chita “, a source told Interfax news agency.
” The third floor of the Proton-M upper stage and fell from a height of about 160 kilometers, this should suffice for all fragments have been burned in the atmosphere, “ added another source TASS news agency.
This release was prepared Mexican satellite that fell in Siberia for about 160 kilometers up
This is the second failure of the space agency in 24 hours.
Earlier, They could not be activated while the engines of a ship Progress M-262M, tied to the International Space Station (ISS), to be correct its orbit, Roscosmos said.
“The reasons are being studied by specialists in the flight control center, “said Roscosmos.
A source said the space agency RIA Novosti on Monday that would try to run the engines of the Progress spacecraft, unless the controls indicate “serious problems”.
Failed to activate the engines of the ship Progress M-262M , tied to the International Space Station
All of these problems occurred less than a month after an unmanned Progress space freighter, which was carrying supplies to the International Space Station, lost contact with Earth shortly after its launch on April 28, and end up disintegrating in the atmosphere on 8 May.
The accident caused Roscosmos postpone the return three ISS astronauts that they should return to Earth on Thursday.
Another Progress space freighter crashed into Siberia shortly after its launch in 2011. In addition, Moscow also He lost several commercial satellites.
AFP
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