Failed weather mapping satellite programmed with 'wrong co-ordinates'

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The loss of a multi-million pound weather mapping satellite was due to programming errors, the Russian deputy prime minister has said.

Dmitry Rogozin said Meteor-M had been programmed for take-off from a different space station.

Speaking to Russian state TV, he blamed "human error".

Failed satellite had 'wrong co-ordinates'
 
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It was programmed for launch from Baikonur, as usual, before the new cosmodrome "Vostochny" began to be used. The programming error is a true reason of failure.
 
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