Tag: Meteor M2-1

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off Nov. 28 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Credit: Roscosmos A senior Russian politician whose portfolio includes the country’s space program has blamed human error for a Nov. 28 launch failure that led to the destruction of a $45 million weather satellite and 18 secondary payloads, according to…