Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterAngara A5/Blok DM-0335/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dummy payload
Launched
December 27, 2021
Image: ROSCOSMOS
Summary
Dummy payload launched on a Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Angara A5/Blok DM-03 from 35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 27, 2021. The mission failed: Upper stage failed to restart for 2nd burn leaving upper stage & payload simulator in LEO. As the resulting orbit would be completely unsalvageable by a hypothetical real payload, and the main purpose of the launch was to test the Persey upper stage, it should be considered a failure. It was Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center's 189th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 6,179th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Angara A5/Blok DM-03 flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Result
- Upper stage failed to restart for 2nd burn leaving upper stage & payload simulator in LEO. As the resulting orbit would be completely unsalvageable by a hypothetical real payload, and the main purpose of the launch was to test the Persey upper stage, it should be considered a failure.
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- Пуск ракеты «Ангара-А5» с космодрома ПлесецкМинобороны России
- Vehicle
- Angara A5/Blok DM-03 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Angara A5/Blok DM-03 flightKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center's 189th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 6,179th orbital launch attempt142nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 3 debris; none still in orbit
- GMM PN · NORAD 50505 · re-entered January 5, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
This is the third test flight of Angara A5 launch vehicle and its first flight with Persey upper stage. Since it's a test flight, the rocket carries a mass simulator payload.
Pad
35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
4th launch from 35/1, 1st this year · 1,646th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
12 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
378 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch outcome update, upper stage stranded in LEO after failing to restart.
Show 9 earlier updates
Lift off per insider source
spacevogel · 12/27/2021 · source
Back on Dec. 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2021 · source
New launch date per insider sources.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2021 · source
New date per insider sources, keeping TBC status until new info is available
spacevogel · 12/25/2021 · source
Scrub per insider source, pushing 24 hr in the launch window until new info on next attempt is available
spacevogel · 12/24/2021 · source
Previously mentioned NOTAMs are not for delayed date, but extension of the launch window. Launch is still go for today per insider sources.
spacevogel · 12/24/2021 · source
NET December 27 per NOTAMs.
Jay · 12/24/2021 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2021 · source
One day slip due to ground equipment and weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2021 · source
Questions
When did Dummy payload launch?
Dummy payload launched on December 27, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did Dummy payload fail?
Upper stage failed to restart for 2nd burn leaving upper stage & payload simulator in LEO. As the resulting orbit would be completely unsalvageable by a hypothetical real payload, and the main purpose of the launch was to test the Persey upper stage, it should be considered a failure.
Where can I watch Dummy payload?
Coverage: Пуск ракеты «Ангара-А5» с космодрома Плесецк. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Dummy payload?
Angara A5/Blok DM-03, flown by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. Angara A5/Blok DM-03 spec sheet
Where did Dummy payload launch from?
35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit was Dummy payload going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a test flight mission.
How many satellites did Dummy payload launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).