Mozhayets-5
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The Mozhayets 5 was a Russia
n satellite launched on Thursday, 27 October 2005. Manufactured by AO Polyot and Mozhaisky Military Space Academy the satellite's purpose was to carry a set of scientific equipment for studying the effects of outer space factors on the operation of microelectronic devices and onboard computers.
Shortly after launch telemetry fell silent as its Kosmos-3M class launch vehicle
failed to separate from its third rocket stage and never reached an operational state.
However, another satellite launched into orbit with Mozhayets-5 – the European Space Agency’s (ESA) student-built SSETI Express spacecraft – was placed in a safe mode
due to an undervoltage caused by battery charging problems, after reaching its own proper orbit.
The Mozhayets-5 glitch follows a series of problems afflicting Russian launchers and satellites, including the loss of Europe's Cryosat
spacecraft and the Demonstrator spacecraft, an inflatable reentry vehicle that appeared to launch properly but could not be found later by recovery crews.
Russia
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n satellite launched on Thursday, 27 October 2005. Manufactured by AO Polyot and Mozhaisky Military Space Academy the satellite's purpose was to carry a set of scientific equipment for studying the effects of outer space factors on the operation of microelectronic devices and onboard computers.
Shortly after launch telemetry fell silent as its Kosmos-3M class launch vehicle
Launch vehicle
In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket used to carry a payload from the Earth's surface into outer space. A launch system includes the launch vehicle, the launch pad and other infrastructure....
failed to separate from its third rocket stage and never reached an operational state.
However, another satellite launched into orbit with Mozhayets-5 – the European Space Agency’s (ESA) student-built SSETI Express spacecraft – was placed in a safe mode
Safe mode (spacecraft)
Safe mode is an operating mode of a modern spacecraft during which all non-essential systems are shut down and only essential functions such as thermal management, radio reception and attitude control are active.-Triggering events:...
due to an undervoltage caused by battery charging problems, after reaching its own proper orbit.
The Mozhayets-5 glitch follows a series of problems afflicting Russian launchers and satellites, including the loss of Europe's Cryosat
CryoSat
CryoSat is an ESA programme which will monitor variations in the extent and thickness of polar ice through use of a satellite in low Earth orbit. The information provided about the behaviour of coastal glaciers that drain thinning ice sheets will be key to better predictions of future sea-level rise...
spacecraft and the Demonstrator spacecraft, an inflatable reentry vehicle that appeared to launch properly but could not be found later by recovery crews.