The possible cause of the accident on the military satellite "Meridian" was voiced - the explosion of the engine of the Soyuz rocket

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According to Interfax, referring to a source from the commission investigating the causes of the accident, the explosion of the Meridian spacecraft used for military purposes, which occurred at the end of December, could well have led to an explosion of the launch vehicle type 3. "Soyuz-2.1".

As the source explained, relying on the received telemetric information, it is quite possible to conclude that at the moment of operation of stage No. 3 a sudden and sudden pressure drop occurred in the propulsion system. And, as experts say, the cause is nothing but the explosion of the engine itself.

In addition, the source stressed that the commission has not yet made final conclusions. Other versions of the accident continue to be worked out, however, according to the general opinion of specialists in this field, they are the least likely. Among the alleged options for the accident, consider the explosion of the fuel tank stage number 3 and the engine burnout.

It is known that the dual-purpose satellite "Meridian" was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome 23 December. And, some time later, Roskosmos reported that due to the failure of the launch vehicle number 3 of the launch vehicle, the said spacecraft failed to reach the calculated orbit, and its fragments scattered throughout the Novosibirsk region. The collapse of the "Meridian" is the latest event in a series of failures that have plagued the Russian space industry all of last year.

In the Horde region, 13 satellite fragments were initially discovered, and about a week ago their total number increased to 16 units. 50-ti centimeter ball pierced the roof of the building, located in the village of Vagaytsevo, on the street Astronauts. Another significant fragment fell on the technical structure, filled with coal, and owned by another villager. The largest objects, such as two tanks for fuel 1,5 meters in size, found hunters far from residential areas in the forest.

It is worth noting that in the Orda region 4-5 of January, allegedly, 3 fragments were found from the fallen Meridian satellite. One piece was found in the local park area, and two others were found within the residential houses: one fell into the courtyard of the apartment building, and the other onto the greenhouse.

According to local residents, on the day of the launch of the crashed satellite they observed several luminous falling objects in the sky, and after a while they all heard a loud bang, as if an explosion, which shook window glass and houses, but no serious damage was recorded.
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    1. SVD
      SVD
      +3
      11 January 2012 07: 46
      All these crashes of our launch vehicles are the result of inept modernization of missile control systems. If in Soviet times control systems were made analog, and accidents were extremely rare, the current transition to digital is akin to sabotage. Due to the embryonic state of our current microelectronics, bourgeois microcircuits are used - and what bourgeois wickedness could have been stuffed there - only God knows ...
      1. +2
        11 January 2012 10: 20
        I agree, but for our industry this is akin to creating a new, and therefore there are a lot of stocks
        1. 0
          11 January 2012 12: 12
          I think that for space and the military, we don’t have a foreign computing office. Use your own, for example: http://www.mcst.ru/system-4x.shtml or http://w4bsit2011-dns.com.ru11/02/49294/XNUMX/, etc. Most likely they have made innovations in materials and construction and, as usual, have screwed up.
    2. 0
      11 January 2012 08: 38
      Recent accidents do not speak of a bourgeois conspiracy in digital control systems, but of the plight of the space industry in Russia and the industry as a whole (lag in electronics in particular). The country does not need to look for the guilty, but urgently need to carry out a second industrialization and restore the technology park, raise and train highly skilled workers who are able to create a reliable and competitive industry at the modern level (practically engineering).
      1. alatau_09
        0
        11 January 2012 11: 38
        Good day to all!
        Victor, I completely agree with you ... and you need to do this quickly, while there are still specialists from the old cohort who have valuable experience and knowledge ...
        If we recall the reports on the Bulava tests, it was said that the accidents were caused by the rubber seals, which, due to the lack of ownership of their own / enterprises, went bankrupt / were purchased in China ...
      2. 0
        11 January 2012 11: 44
        Victor, and why 'bv budget sawmakers have such hemorrhoids their main and only goal is loot !!! fellow
        1. 0
          11 January 2012 14: 07
          datur Hello, long time no see, rarely go out in people. Glad to see you. I think that every day the anus will itch more and more with sawers. The limit of patience is passed. I hope so.
    3. Hey
      -1
      11 January 2012 09: 37
      At Plesetskiy, the tradition at launch, at the cosmodrome, there should not be a single woman. Looks like some kind of a woman at the launch site of the landing sites. And by this accident. Looks like they stopped honoring traditions.
      1. +1
        11 January 2012 09: 55
        Well, that's exactly how Rogozin will write in the report
    4. mar.tira
      0
      11 January 2012 10: 24
      What can I say about this news! Everything is sad, the impression is that no one is responsible for anything. People have some apathy, no incentive, no desire for something. The day passed and okay, the main thing is to grab more money. When we have people like Korolev, Mishin, Chertok? How much longer to wait?
    5. Mr. tank
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      11 January 2012 17: 31
      Popovkin says that here too the intrigues of the "State Department" ... smile

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