ICO F-1
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
14:49:19
Sunday March 12, 2000
Mission Details
Launch Notes
A Vernier engine of the second-stage RD-120 stopped, resulting in an emergency engine shutdown and mission failure. The launcher fell back into the ocean.
ICO F-1
Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (BSS) was contracted to build 15 communications satellites for London-based New ICO, formerly ICO Global Communications. The satellites will be used in a global satellite-based mobile communications system that will offer digital data and voice services as well as the satellite equivalent of third-generation (3G) wireless services, including wireless Internet and other packet-data services.
Medium Earth Orbit
1 Payload
2,750 kilograms
Rocket
Manufacturer
YuzhmashRocket
Height: 59.46m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,740 kg
GTO: 6,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,257 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.1m
Height: 10.4m
Stages
3
Launch Site
Stats
Zenit
36th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2000
2000
16th
Orbital launch attempt