So the bottom line is that:Soyuz-2.1B launch and insertion was OK;Meteor-M №2-1 is not in the intended 820 km circular orbit;it is not known if any of Fregat burns were successful.
Human error? Does it mean during the mission planning or introducing the data in the flying software?
Ouch! That hurts. According to interfax (http://www.interfax.ru/russia/589367) due to a human error the Fregat stage could have fired in improper orientation so instead going into orbit, it has gone into the atmosphere .... This is what preliminary analysis shows. The error occurred during the first burn of the engine.
According to preliminary data, there was an error in the flight task of the carrier rocket and the Fregat booster block, as a result of which the first impulse was issued in the wrong orientation
Too many problems with those Fregat and Briz upper stages in the past!
Interfax: A human error could have led to a wrong orientation of the Fregat upper stage during its 1st engine firing, sending the whole stack into the Atlantic:
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 11/28/2017 09:07 amToo many problems with those Fregat and Briz upper stages in the past! Only one Fregat failed until now.
QuoteInterfax: A human error could have led to a wrong orientation of the Fregat upper stage during its 1st engine firing, sending the whole stack into the Atlantic: https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/935465312178331648
Quote from: Liss on 11/28/2017 09:55 amQuote from: MATTBLAK on 11/28/2017 09:07 amToo many problems with those Fregat and Briz upper stages in the past! Only one Fregat failed until now.Thanks for the correction - I thought there was more than one.
Quote from: Liss on 11/28/2017 09:55 amQuote from: MATTBLAK on 11/28/2017 09:07 amToo many problems with those Fregat and Briz upper stages in the past! Only one Fregat failed until now.May 21, 2009...Meridian No. 12L...Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat PLE LC-43/4...Molniya[HEO]...Wrong orbitDec 23, 2011...Meridian 5...Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M PLE LC-43/4...Molniya[FTO]...Fail to orbitAug 22, 2014...Galileo 5 & 6 (Doresa & Milena)...Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT...Ko ELS...MEO-Gal[HEO]...Wrong orbit