Soyuz-U-PVB | Foton-M No. 1
Launch Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Oct. 15, 2002, 6:20 p.m. - Oct. 15, 2002, 6:20 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 15, 2002, 6:20 p.m. - Oct. 15, 2002, 6:20 p.m.
Foton-M No.1 was a mission by the European Space Agency aboard a Russian Soyuz-U rocket that failed to launch successfully. The spacecraft's payload consisted of 44 experiments prepared by the European Space Agency, Fluidpac, BIOPAN-4, Telescience Support Unit, and others. Investigation found that the most likely cause of the failure was debris being ingested into the Blok D hydrogen peroxide pump, cutting off the supply of lubricant to the turbopumps. This was the first failure of an R-7 launch vehicle in the first two minutes of launch since 1988.
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