The first launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, which was attended by Putin, was postponed for a day due to a technical failure. According to the Kremlin spokesman, the president was confident in the success of the restart, so he stayed for another day
Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the joint combat crew for the preparation and launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle,28 April 2016
President Vladimir Putin stayed at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in 2016 after a failed launch, despite being advised to return to Moscow, as he was confident that the next launch would be successful. About this on the air of the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin» on the TV channel “Russia 1” said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
According to him, those around him, taking into account the president’s schedule, advised Putin to leave for Moscow after the first unsuccessful launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2016. The reason for the unsuccessful launch then was the breakdown of one of the sensors, Peskov recalled. added the Kremlin representative.
Launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” was supposed to put into orbit three Russian spacecraft— “Lomonosov”, “Aist-2D” and SamSat-218 on the morning of April 27, 2016. However, a minute before the start, the launch was postponed. Former at that time the general director of Roskosmos; Igor Komarov stated that “there was an automatic stop of the launch” due to malfunctions in the automated control system. The president was present at the crash.
According to Kommersant, immediately after the launch, Putin, who decided to stay at the cosmodrome in the “reserve” day, summoned at that time Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, head of the NPO Automation Leonid Shalimov, as well as Komarov and his deputy Alexander Ivanov. Putin issued a reprimand to Rogozin, a strict reprimand to Komarov, and a ruling on incomplete service compliance to Shalimov. The newspaper claims that the fuel valve cable was the cause of the problems (according to the newspaper, the cable to the spaceport was supplied by the NPO Automation).
The backup launch was scheduled for 28 April. The second attempt was successful: “Soyuz” successfully entered orbit with three scientific satellites.
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On April 12, Cosmonautics Day, the head of state at the Vostochny site said that Russia retains leadership in astronautics, as evidenced by the country's success in this area.
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