Rokot fails to place GEO-IK-2 in target orbit
Submit on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 22:59
The Russian Space Forces could not establish contact with the GEO-IK-2 satellite that was launched aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM from Plesetsk on 1 February 2011, 1400 UTC. Latest reports indicate the spacecraft ended up in a useless orbit.
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