Deputy Head of Roskosmos Anatoly Shilov called media reports of abnormal operation of military satellites placed into orbit in January this year that does not correspond to reality. “The spacecraft operated normally. During the booster were his remarks to the control system, which did not affect the results of running” – said the Shilov reporters.
We recall that there was a scandal in the media about the space launch, which took place in January 2013. Citing an unnamed source in the space industry, and went about the fact that the launch of three communications satellites “Spring” (“Boom 3M”) turned in failure due to failure of the upper stage “Breeze-KM” machines were not on the calculated orbit and moving at a speed above provisions. Like, more than three months, the spacecraft attempted to operation, two of them are now under the supervision of specialists, but the third allegedly lost.
According to Anatoly Shilov, at a specified time from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome was really made rocket launch “rumble” with the upper stage “Breeze-KM” and the power of spacecraft in the interests of the Defense Ministry. Start ended the spacecraft orbit close to the calculated one, and with the parameters to be within the specified tolerances.
deputy head of Russian Federal Space Agency said that to determine the reasons for the comments on the work of the booster “Briz-KM” a working group, which includes representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the organizations of the rocket-space industry. Based on the results of her) life, up to the end of May of this year to make a decision on the resumption of rocket launches “rumble” with the upper stage “Breeze-KM”.
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