Today Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov reported to President Medvedev on the results of the investigation into the loss of 3 GLONASS satellites on 5 December. As expected, the report points to mistakes in fuel calculations for the DM-3 booster stage.
The Kremlin.ru account also says Vice-President, Chief Designer for Launch Vehicles, RKK ‘Energiya’ Vyacheslav Filin, and Deputy Director, Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) Viktor Remishevskiy have been relieved of their duties. Roskosmos Director Anatoliy Perminov received a reprimand.
Additional steps to strengthen administrative discipline at Roskosmos will be taken, at Medvedev’s direction.
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