Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch Failure

Progress M-12M (44P)

Soyuz U

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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This page records Soyuz-U | Progress M-12M (44P) and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.

Source record updated Jun 14, 2023, 3:48 AM UTC. This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.

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Mission status

Launch Failure

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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Launch vehicle: Soyuz U
Spacecraft: Progress M-12M
Destination: International Space Station
Launch pad: 1/5
Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The vehicle

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Launch vehicle

Soyuz U

Height: 51.1 m
Diameter: 2.95 m
Stages: 3
Recorded launches: 714
First flight: 1973-05-18

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SCHEDULED MOMENTWed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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Mission update

Approximately 325 seconds into flight, a malfunction was detected in the RD-0110 engine powering the Blok I third stage of the Soyuz-U rocket, which caused the onboard computer to terminate the flight through thrust termination. As a result, the vehicle failed to achieve orbit, reentering over the Altai Republic region of Russia. It was the first failure of a Progress spacecraft since launches began in 1978, and the third consecutive orbital launch failure worldwide.