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.
A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.
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Mission Profile
Foton-M No. 1 was a Soyuz-U-PVB mission operated by Russian Space Forces that lifted off from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on October 15, 2002. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch ended in failure.