After the launch of the Soyuz rocket, Russia lost 9 satellites

Some satellites did not deploy solar panels, others were on an unplanned orbit.

Of the 73 satellites launched July 14 for Russian rocket Soyuz-2.1 a, four did not respond to the commands of the operators. Thus, the number of devices with which it has a different kind of problem has increased to nine.

We are talking about three kubath CICERO (Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation) is a California-based company GeoOptics and one of the joint Ecuadorian-Russian scientific satellite, UTE-UESOR.

GeoOptics the source, who requested anonymity, refused further comment, citing company policy.

Specialist Fausto Rodrigo Freire Carrera, responsible for UTE-UESOR with the Ecuadorian side, told Space News that after July 30, ground services accept “sporadic fading signals”, which are impossible to decipher. The device is contacted with 15 to 30 July, the findings indicated a low charge its battery. Experts hope that the work UTE-UESOR will improve.

Previously, Space News reported that not communicate four Russian satellites: two cubita from Dauria Aerospace, student spark-MAI-85 (Moscow aviation Institute) and assembled on crowdfunding means lighthouse. It is also said that on unplanned orbits were a couple of American satellites: Lemur-2 (Spire Global) and Flock 2k (Planet Labs).

Later at the Moscow aviation Institute disown a problem with spark-MAI-85.

Head start-programs Glavkosmos responsible for the removal of vehicles, Vsevolod Kryuchkovskogo recognized that the apparatus of the Flock 2k company Planet Labs not turned the solar panels and the satellite Lemur-2 from Spire Global has been on an unplanned orbit.

Otherwise, the Manager assessed the situation with the satellites of the Russian developers. “This is their first experience in developing cubsat, he said. – Maybe something happened from the side of the development, or with the components or with ground stations.”

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