Mozhayets Satellite Lost - Russian Commission

MICROSAT BLITZ

Mozhayets-5, an experimental satellite, was the main payload of the October 27 launch, intended as an interface in training satellite control at the Mozhaisky military space academy.

Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
The commission investigating the failure of the Mozhayets satellite to detach from the Kosmos-3M booster and make contact on October 27, 2005, said there was little hope of regaining control of the unit, reports Itar-Tass.

A source at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the launch site of the satellite noted that the inter-departmental commission continues to investigate the cause of the malfunction.

"On Sunday, a commission of Space Troops and a insurance company representatives arrived at the cosmodrome," the source added.

An emergency affecting Mozhayets occurred several hours after the blast-off. Under one of the versions, the satellite failed to detach from the booster due to a command flow error.

Supposedly, it botched the execution of the command for blowing off by explosive bolts, which had to separate the craft from the second stage, sending it into autonomous flight.

Mozhayets-5, an experimental satellite, was the main payload of the October 27 launch, intended as an interface in training satellite control at the Mozhaisky military space academy.

Its other function was to assess the influence of radiation on avionics at an altitude of 700 to 800 kilometers, reports Itar-Tass.

However, the booster put in orbits eight other satellites, including two China-DMC remote-probing units, developed by Britain's SSTL, and Britain's TopSat.

Mesbah, one of the two Iranian satellites, was manufactured by Italy's Carlo Gavazzi Space. Sinah-1 was manufactured in Iran.

SSETI Express of the European Space Agency, with a mass of 62 kilograms, was developed within the framework of a European educational project for students of ten universities. After reaching a preset orbit, it launched three ultra small pico-satellites each weighing one kilogram. The pico-satellites belong to the University of Wurzburg, Germany, the Tokyo University and the Andoya rocket range, in Norway.

The two-stage booster Kosmos-3M can take payloads of up to 1,500 kilograms to 1,700-kilometer to 250-kilometer orbits. Russia has been using it since 1971.

MICROSAT BLITZ

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