LIVE: Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat-M – Kanopus-V-IK and others – July 14, 2017 (06:36 UTC)

[eeergo]

Some sample images (showing the Black Sea coast in Sevastopol and the Volga in Astrakhan Oblast) tweeted by Roskosmos:

[Svetoslav]

Sad to see this.

Quick Google translate:

"Dauria Aerospace" is still in uncertainty because of the situation around the launch of a pair of MKA-H satellites, manufactured by the company on the order of Roskosmos. The satellites failed to communicate, Roskosmos GC demands to return all funds paid under the state contract, refuses to hold an emergency commission that could establish the reasons for the failure, and representatives of the state corporation publicly report untrue facts or ignore the real circumstances.

April 15, 2018 Executive Director of the Department of Communications Roskosmos Igor Burenkov in an interview with Alexander Milkus (Alex Milkus) on the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" admitted a number of unreliable statements. It seems that the executive director is completely unaware of what is happening under the state contract of R & D "Kubsat-nano" otherwise would not allow such obvious mistakes in his speech. We would have left them without attention, but his words were quoted by many media outlets, so we think it necessary to point out the fallibility of his statements.



Now let's list the facts that contradict the above words:

- out of 72 satellites, the two satellites of Spire Global and Planet were brought to erroneous orbits, i.e. the launch can not be considered completely successful.

- The amount of the contract with Dauria Aerospace, concluded in 2012, was 310 million rubles. Of these, 274 million rubles actually paid and accepted by Roskosmos were paid for, and one and a half billion mentions the executive director is not clear.

- Delays in the consideration of the results of the work of Dauria Aerospace under the contract were allowed by the Roskosmos itself, as is the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court. Ultimately, the satellites were ready for launch by 2016, although they had to wait until the launch of the rocket until mid-2017.

- Although it produced satellites MKA-N Dauria Aerospace, the launch operator of these satellites was the Roskosmos company JSC NPO Lavochkina, which under the contract with Dauria Aerospace developed a system for adapting satellites to the Fregat upper stage, and carried out the satellites to the upper stage block.

- There were no proposals to settle the conflict in the pre-trial order, except for "return all the money" from Roskosmos. On the contrary, Dauria Aerospace offered several variants of a compromise solution of the situation, up to the manufacture of two more satellites at their own expense. Representatives of Roskosmos did not show any interest in this proposal.

- We did not meet any assistance from JSC "NGO Lavochkin" in the investigation of the contingency situation, on the contrary, the representatives of the enterprise refused to provide the "Fugata" telemetry to "Dauria", even in spite of Roscosmos direct orders. A preliminary investigation of Dauria was conducted with the participation of the specialists of the Central Research Institute of Nuclear Physics, and the conclusions of this investigation - the satellites are lost from the influence of external factors.

- Compliance with the start-up obligations includes reports on the launch. The report we received from JSC "NGO Lavochkin" did not contain information about the anomaly on the small engine of the "Fregat" upper stage. But the American company AstroDigital this information was reported, and it was able to obtain insurance for an unsuccessful launch. We are required to pay the full cost of the contract, although the anomaly on the engine could affect our satellites.

Dauria Aerospace has all the necessary documentation to confirm its words: business correspondence, court decisions, technical reports.

http://dauria.ru/blog/zachem-vrat