OREANDA-NEWS. February 03, 2011. A Commission has been formed to investigate the situation of a defense satellite launched with a Rokot rocket on Tuesday, Russian Space Forces informed.

“The commission is working at the Plesetsk launch site,” he said.

There is information that U.S. stations had traced the Russian satellite on an orbit much lower than the designated one but the satellite disappeared later on, the source said.

The satellite was due to take an orbit with the inclination of about 90 degrees.

Russian Space Forces have detected current orbital position of the satellite which differs from the targeted one, Space Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Oleg Ostapenko said.

The  Interagency Commission of the Space Forces and Roscosmos is to find the cause of the improper injection.