Russia Begins Investigation Of Botched Satellite Launch

摘要

The Russian Defense Ministry and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will establish an interagency commis- sion to determine whether it is possible to still use the Geo-IK-2 geodesic research satellite that entered the wrong orbit following its Feb. 1 launch, Russian Space Forces said in a Feb. 2 statement. The commission also will investigate why the satellite veered off into the wrong elliptical orbit.