…but the payload was delivered to the space. Everything went well. 🙂

Update – It is a tragedy. After the successful delivery to space the main propulsion system based on the Fregat design had a malfunction, therefore the probe missed its projected trajectory to Mars. Honestly, I do not remember any failure of any Fregat upper stage, it is truely a tragedy. Maybe it was wrong to use a newley designed onboard computer system, which is controling it. The window to Mars will finally close on 25. November, but I think there is only a little change to fix the serious problem. At least it seems that the probe is in safe mode and its solar panals could be pointed towards the sun for battery charging. A software update will be transfered to the onboard computer, hopefully the probe can than relocate itself in space and finally ignite its main propulsion system.