Status
Failure
ICO F-1
Launch Time
Sun Mar 12, 2000 14:49 UTC
Sun Mar 12, 2000 14:49 UTC
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.
Rocket
Mission Details
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,750.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit
Location
LP Odyssey, Kiritimati Launch Area, Pacific Ocean
Stats
2000
16th orbital launch attempt
Zenit
36th mission
2nd mission of 2000
8th failed mission