[prisoner6]

Not sue but this may be the second such failure. When I googled I found This Story - Satellite failure leaves Russia without Glonass network from June 12, 2010.

[Doogle]

orbit interruptus

[sten]

— failed to achieve ‘orbit’ —

i hate when that happens

[DBrow]

I wonder what areas they’ll make a low pass over before falling to Earth.

[cambyses]

it did not get enough fuel(vodka).

[TSgt]

Glonass was planned as a rival to the US-based GPS satellite navigation system familiar to motorists all over the world. It has been developed in close conjunction with the military to ensure that Russia has its own means of collating and transmitting potentially sensitive information without using a foreign system. But almost 20 years after the plans were first unveiled the network is still some way short of providing full global coverage. In total a constellation of 24 satellites is needed and yesterday’s set was intended to bring the numbers up to full strength.

GPSki FAIL

[dfwgator]

launched on a rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.