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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch FailureSoyuz-U · 44P
Launched 2011-08-24 00:00 UTC1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Approximately 325 seconds into flight, a malfunction was detected in the RD-0110 engine powering the Blok I third stage of the Soyuz-U rocket, which caused the onboard computer to terminate the flight through thrust termination. As a result, the vehicle failed to achieve orbit, reentering over the Altai Republic region of Russia. It was the first failure of a Progress spacecraft since launches began in 1978, and the third consecutive orbital launch failure worldwide.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Lifted off
Soyuz U lifted off with its payload, but the launch failed.
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Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1992 · Administrator Yuri Borisov
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Launches
344
Successful
333
97%
Upcoming
4
scheduled
Height
51.1m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,900kg
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