Russian military satellite ‘could come crashing towards Earth within weeks due to malfunction’

The launch of the Russian military satellite this week, which was celebrated as “successful”, could be canceled after it experiences a malfunction’.

Plesetsk was the location where Angara A-5 Heavy Carrier Rocket launched Monday.

However, independent experts believe that the fake spy satellite and booster rocket, weighing in at 20 tonnes each could return to Earth within weeks. 

Plesetsk’s spaceport was the launch site for Angara A-5, a new heavy-carrier rocket.

Russia has a goal to use the Angara A-5 rocket to carry advanced spy, weapons navigation and weapon satellites into space in the future. It also plans to fly planned missions to the moon.

On this first-ever test flight, the Persei booster and Angara carried a fake satellite payload.

Experts now believe that although the launch was flawless, the Persei’s upper stage failed 12 minutes after it separated, indicating that the fake satellite didn’t reach orbit.

According to reports, it is likely to fall to Earth in just weeks. Newspaper Moskovsky Komolets calculates the Persei’s ‘uncontrollable weight’ of around 20 tonnes and estimates that its cargo will be unable to stop it.

Russia has a great ambition to launch advanced weapons and spy satellites to orbit using the Angara A-5 rocket. This modern Angara A-5 rocket plays a crucial role in Russia’s efforts to achieve this goal.

On this groundbreaking test flight, the Persei booster and Angara carried a fake satellite payload.

Russian military top command, which launched the rocket, and the space chiefs did not respond to inquiries about the claim of failure.

According to the Kosmolenta Online Newspaper, the Persei needed to perform five engine burns during the test mission. However, the Persei’malfunctioned’ on the second.

The model satellite therefore remained in low orbit for several more weeks, before it fell to Earth.

It didn’t reach its orbit 2223 miles above sea-level.

‘This failure can be considered the first… full-fledged launch accident at Roscosmos [the Russian space agency]In the last three years.

On this groundbreaking test flight, the Persei booster and Angara carried a fake satellite payload.

Experts believe that the launch was flawless, but the Persei’s upper stage failed. (pictured).

Independent experts believe the booster rocket and mock spy satellite weighing 20 tons could be brought back to earth within weeks.

“If there had been a satellite, the payload would have gone missing.”

‘And this failure reminds us that it was possible to achieve high reliability in recent years only due to the fact that Rosсosmos used old, long-proven technology.

“But, accidents when creating new technology are unfortunately, inevitable.”

N+1 Scientific Magazine stated it hadn’t received any response from the Defense Ministry. 

Dmitry Rogozin (head of space agency), a Putin close ally had tweeted initially his “congratulations” on the “successful Launch” of Angara.

He said that the Persei booster was being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation and then launched for the first-time by Angara’s carrier rocket.

Moskovsky Komsomolets [MK]Reports that the American Space Tracking Service NORAD identified an unidentified object “A”, numbered 50505

Dmitry Rogozin (head of space agency), a Putin close ally had tweeted initially his “congratulations” on the Angara’s successful launch

Moskovsky Komsomolets [MK]According to NORAD, an American satellite tracking agency reported that an unknown object was reported as ‘A’. It is numbered 50505.

“By all indicators – this object looks very similar to our Persei stuck at low orbit with the payload (satellite)

“If that is true, then about 20 uncontrollable tons are flying above us. Which will sooner or later, fall. It would be great if the Pacific Ocean is where it is.

The majority of the material will eventually burn off as it returns to the atmosphere.

“The real question is, where will the rest go?”

MK reports that the agency declined to provide information about the launch.

‘The launch was ordered by the military… so the state corporation does not give any comments on it,’ said a spokesman.