Russian Sunday began an investigation into the loss of a Mexican TV the night before and another glitch in the International Space Station (ISS), Two incidents that cast doubt on the reliability of its space industry.
Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday it had “lost” a Mexican telecommunications satellite, when a glitch in carrier rocket launch.
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded an explanation from the head of Roscosmos, Igor Komanov, and the names of those responsible, implying that there could be layoffs.
Last year Russia had let the director of the space agency after several failures.
The first reactions to the news Saturday focused on control quality in the space industry, which Personal often poorly paid .
The best “do not work in the space sector. Nothing is done to attract highly qualified specialists, wages are low and not very prestigious work represents” the agency said Iuri Karach, the Russian Academy of astronauts, to a radio.
The incident with the Mexican satellite is the second failure of the Russian space agency in 24 hours.
Earlier could not be activated while the engines of a ship Progress M-262M, moored to the ISS, which should correct its orbit, Roscosmos said.
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